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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-09-27
Ransom at Monroe,

MONROE, \. c.. Sept 90 Special. =
To-day was the time when the Democracy
Of Union county expected to have heard
the gallant standard bearer, Scales, bat
Senator Matt. ". Ransom filed the ap-
pointment. and delivered to about 1900
people the finest political speech that has
ever been heard in this county For two
hours he was listened to intently by the
vast audience who gave the closest atten-
ton He spoke chiefly on National poll
tics: contrasting the Democratic and Re
publican parties.
But he drew a striking contrast be
tween York and Scales. And while be let
the plume knight severely alone, he paid
Il glowing tribute to Cleveland, the reform
Mayor, Governor and our next President
This has been big day for Union coun-
ty and in the November election she will
roll up handsome ma iority for Cleveland
and Scales 1t is Gen. Rans0m's first
speech III this county, but many of his old
soldiers live here. and crowded round the
platform to shake their old commander S
hand Max.
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SENATOR RANSOM.
HIS ELOQtENT SPEECH At Gil sP-
Ell HILL LAST WEEK.
The Enthusiasm with W hich He wa>
Received and Listened to bv Ills Au-
Gieura
special Cor - TIE CHGoNIcLE.

CHAPEL Hill. Sept l.--Our quiet tow
Is seldom stlrred-eXcepJ on commeuce
ment occa>lons-a> il was last SATURDAY.
bF the speeches OF Me~srs Green. Bum.
Cox. and Ransom.
senator Ran>on's speech. according II
tEe unlE-t-a. verdict of the assembled!
multitude. was oLe of the grandesf paltI-
cal speeches ever made anywhere. ToSav
that everybody was pleased i but fvc1.y
expressing ii. Everyone WAS delighted aud
entraneed-old. mlddle-aged. and Young
The old gray headed men, Who had known
The Senator when he was a student i'll col
Iege, listened 10 him with marked atten-
tlon. y hen the Senator would make q
good point. some old fellow would >auint
hl> eye, come down l!ttle harder Oh his
''chaW OF tobacco. and look happy His
whole expression seemed TO say. That's
sense, III be hanged If il haint At The
supper tables nothing was talked about cX-
cept senator Ransom > speech. For one
night al least, hc WAS the idol OF every
young. ambitious heart. At the close of
the speaking, | saw one old man walking
about among the crowd, with tears in his
eyes. and | asked him what he thought Of
the speech. These Were his words THAT
was the biggest speech ! ever heard. and
Ransom IS the biggest man III the South :"
Dozens would give the same testimony
The Senator spoke with uncommon fair
ness. cIcarness. warmth and NigOr. For
two hours he showed the people what Re
publican misrulc had done He abused 10
man, but contraSted the practices and
principles Of the two parties. He showed
pOlntedly and plainly why every good citi-
zen should be alive to his duty. A. he
spoke plainly-for he said that he did not
III this >peech-he would sometimes rise 10
pitches OF eloquence that thrilled and
sWayed. Speaking Of Gen. Scales. hc said
him in college, tor he was my class-mate
and we used to Sit side by side; the roll
used To run PettigreW, Ransom. Scales.
Skinner etc: and | tell you to-day that
among the forty millions of people III this
Whole country. | know OF no man higher.
nObler, OF purer than Alfred II. Scales =
In speaking of the county government
system which once prevailed, he said Il
thank God that you did not suffer a> We
once suffered III the East from negro rule.
But We are etiil represented III Congress by
a negro. And Yet | love my home III tae
Eastern country: there is where met the
wife OF my life. and there Is where NY
children were born:I love its tall pines and
its lakes and springs: | love the Old koa
nOkc. as its currents OF red and blue roll
by ms home 10 the sea.
lie said that he was no prophet. but
ylIst1 even sign Indicated ClcrvlanG'o ; cleo
ton He showed that the Democratic
party had gained II every election since
the war. and said that the time would
come-WheChar this year or later-that re
form and Justice and right would conquer
and rule. A W l..
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Blaine Playing High and Low.
Herald, yesterday.

Blaine. in his Worcester speech, con-
graduated the county Oh its q magnificent
prospeeity'-a prosperity that is shared by
the nation at large Blaine's side show,
Butler. spoke in New Jersey on the same
day He drew a doleful picture of the
condition of the workingman. There is de
teroration everywhere. Everywhere
wages are lowering your products so low
that they cannot be sold at profit. This
is very pretty Blaine is running double
show. we all know, and he would run a
third show if he thought that by its agency
votes could be caught.
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That Mnrriage Of HiaiEes,.

WASHINGTON. September %. Special -
The Boston Herald has published the fol
lowing. which shows that Blaine's state
mentS abost his first marriage was erro-
neous: Again, MI. Blaine invites the CON
tidence Of 30. 1o}. 600 Of people in one Of
his explanations ana again with disastrous
results to himself By his letter it APP
pears that be married his wife in Kentucky
June 80. 1870, supposing the marriage per
fectly legal until the winter # 1871. when
he learned That by the LAWS Of Kentucky
his marriage without license was invalid.
This is the explanation. What are the
facts: That by the laws Of Kentucky. and
the repeated decisions Of its highest court
g Marshall 362 |. Bu>ii. 64}. Mr. Blaines
marriage III 1850. if then made. was per
fectly valid \ license was not and never
had been an indispensable requisite in
that State. Not till July, 1892, two years
from that date, did an act Of the Legisla
ture become law making a marriage void
without z license. Whence come those
doubts: Is it possible that early marriage
may be as mythical as the assigned reason
for the second one
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Cotton Insurance Rates.

NORFOLK. VA, September special
Tae cotton Exchange Of Norfolk and the
~ mSoard Of Fire Underwriters are
- cbsing their controversy about IN
>-,r.ns. The Norfolk agents charge y
cent or cotton III most or the Noffoik \
houses: anI o,l c0tt =. on : fOaf4rs
and sometimes ) per cent. ln Peters
lurL however, the rate ls only per cent.
- warehouses; and , per cent. on ''HOat-
cps" The cOtton-men have decided to
a>l the Insurance men to reduce the Nor
fe.k rate to the Petersburg rate; and, III
case they refuse, to invite other com
Iauies to come to Norfolk who will give
lower rates On the other hand, the In
>Urance men have asked their Petersburg
allies to increase their rates to the Norfolk
standard; and thus the fight stands
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what an Achievement.

New YORK. Sept. 19.-An inventor
named Lucius J. Phelps has devised means
of telegraphing from a moving car to a
fixed station He runs his wire between
the tracks. and the message sent along
that track wire is transmitted by induc
ton to the instruments carried in the car
several feet above the track The tests
made show that the plan works perfectly.
Mr. Phelps proposes to fit up the corner Of
each baggage van as q small telegraph
office III connection with the main offices
at each END Of the line. If a passenger
wants to send dispatches he can do so ana
get answers while the train is going at
the rate of forty miles an hour. He can
make arrangements for MOTEL room at his
destination. or transact any other busl-
ness by telegraph without moving from
his seat. Nj Phelps also proposes to
make the telegraph operator upon each
train transmit 70 the central office Of the
road the train exact position every tif-
teen minutes. 50 that the place of every
train upon the road can be accurately
marked upon chart, and when trains
get TOO close a warning can be sent
The system is probably to be tried first
between Albany and New York.
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Beecher on Cleveland.
From a Letter to a Young Erie,

fTUIH q LtIltF % q Ou1g fItTlI-
| regard him as a grossly slandered man
for political purposes, and that abuse, in
stead of deterring me from supporting
him, appeals very strongly to my gener-
osity and chivalry. That he is prudent
man, honestly and earnestly desiring to
administer every trust faithfully and 10y
ally, [ have no doubt. Ny message TO
every young man is, beware Of his mistake
of years ago and initiate his virtues OF to-
daY-
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StOneUa!i jaCkSon's "'Old SOrrei.

BALTIMORE, September 22-t Special. J.
One Of the attractions Of the Maryland
State Fair at Hagerstown will. it is said,
be General Stonewall aackSon'S famous
war horse, popularly known as : Old Sor-
rel" which be was riding when killed at
Charlottesville. He is small Sorrel, and
was purchased by General Jackson from
Bis owner, a man from Ohio, at Harpers
Ferry He was one Of q train load of
horses intercepted on their way to the
Union army by General Jackson's forces.
Jackson paid for him in gold, and the
horse afterwards became g familiar figure
in the Confederate army. He was noted,
to quote the words Of Rev. James P. Smith
at the Confederate reunion at Fredericks-
burg. Virginia. on Thursday last. for ''his
long. lubberly gait, which enabled him to
get over the ground more rapidly than
many more looking steeds.
He is now about thirty-four years old, and
is kept in the Virginia Military Institute.
His custodian. Major IL. 5. Locker, quar-
termaSter of the Institute, has consented,
it is understood, at the request of Colonel
II. kyd Douglas. Of Hagerstown. who was
a member of General JackSon's staff, to
bring the horse to the State fair in order
that he may be placed OH exhibition.
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How New Workers Spend the Summer.
Herald, yesterday in Report of only one

resort.
It is said that the Manhattan Breach
and Oriental hotels took in about 81 300
900 during the summer. The Manhattan
Beach railways earned about $3.50, 900,
and carried over 500, 900 passengers with
out a single accident occurring. There
was sold, on an average. car load of
wine at Manhat tan Beach every day.
Counting 300 baskets or cases to the car,
this would make for the season about
80. 900 baskets or eases. or $50. 900 quar-
bottles. Gilmer's band gave $50 concerts,
and entertained audience ranging from a
single person in a rain storm to 10000.
The leader has written his autograph for
? 1000 young ladies, and has promised to
do so for 72o young men. At the Man
haitian Beach bathing pavilion -, 900
people sported in the water during the
season. The baggage man handled over
$4,000 parcels for guests of the two hotels.
The most interesting fact is that the cost
of keeping grass on the front lawn has
been about s. yard for the summer.
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The Poet Does Not Like Tobacco.

Algernon Charles Swinburne, the intense
English poet, detests tobacco. James
the First he said recently, was knave,
a tyrant, a fool, liar, a coward But
the throat of that blackguard Raleigh who
invented this filthy smoking
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GOV. Jarvis Comes Back.

Goy. Jarvis. when asked about Satur-
days speaking this morning. said with q
smile that he enjoyed tie day very much.
lie doe, not seem exhausted; and he went
Of this afternoon to make a speech at the
Western North Carolina Fair tomorrow.
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At CHARLOTTE
roy JARVIS PUTS PLAIN OF ES-
TIONS TO DIR. YORK
,,ont Educational Questions. and Es-
necial!y the Internal ReVenue.


ru,RLoTTE. Sept. 20.-[Special The
;..;r. canvass between Gov. Jarvis and DR..
NIL here on Saturday was one Of the big
a.,- days Of the campaign.
Work spoke first; and his speech consists
II fi. discussion Of three subjects: The
f.r.rf the Internal Revenue, and the Blair
Educational Bill
Gov Jarvis accepted the issues and
...-ere him out vi the very beginning,
H. Ial.yi, declared with cool and almost
r~a-i-,olls h.,uOr and with entire good ma
-.,r. mat IA. would alude to Gen. Scales
rn. pen. cratic candidate for Governor;
.,lfa nr York as the Republican candi-
Gar-. ..,nles> this is repulsiye to Dr. y ork.
..!fir j offensive,'' said Jarvis, 4 wish
Dr YORK 70 say 50 at once and will not
3g8iu alIIJle to him as the RepuDilcan can
diiate l. it Objectionable, Doctor?
TIN, po.,, + did not answer Through
al. -nt speech the Governor. when he had
...t-.ou 10 alIude to York. would say
1,,lri call him the Republican candidate
t, Governor: but that is offensive. and do
49,. T., offend YOU. Doctor. Get up here
r nv -s3- and tell these people Just what
YOU are.
He sal as still as stone, though the
whole crowd yelled for au explanation of
hi position.
-al Revenue. he said that he wished to
AK Dr. York one or two questions.
DIR York will you say whether Ike
2as 4SH"7 "'S'S~ 70 "'0llS" '''S ''''S''''' fS> :
Noan>vcr.
81 Dr York will you say whether Tom
Cooper wishes to abolish the Internal Reve-
nue.
No answer.
d.. York. will YOU say whether Wheeler
wishes to abolish the Internal Revenue =
~ answer.
Or York viii YOU say whether DR.. Mott
wishes to abolish the Internal Revenue
And still York made no answer. The
crowd yelled Tor answers, and insisted
upon knowing what lorl, lhought: but he
Sat Silent III the way through.
When .ar,i> came TO discuss the educa-
tioual question, he showed that the Demo
Gratis have spent mcre money and employed
.aore teachers for the children Of North
Carolina during the last eight years than
was ever before spent on puOllc schools
br York has one favorite sentence
this:
Al; tnrou Il the mountains there run
beautiful lit,3e hlue-eyed children, in their
shirt-tails al 'tre-.eet, Who, II they mad the ne
benefits o. C.t,.3t:rn, would become the
a.: IgaGers Of society,"
.,7 ~. +o,,oo
t,+ i9,,,';,,e. Va ,,ho?a
,,.'.-ivs ,.a~aar be yoretl pprsistentlv
-.;,,- f.,. e,.9,,,lrv,a,,,}T OF teachers TO ed
ur9-a these t1-..,--t.,ei children. He said:
In lS,6, y, 81 -; York was III the Sen
~, i = tsS-'-S II .It .iitIS [-i-. iii, ,,,,
heu = v ~ ~ ,i.' :
":tH fisIt@'.' 80 80 =. i g
bi,i Z" fttt'F '~S sz>'t iiei ~ 1l,-le 1.ts -
t<e thlltii 81 Nii' re- lit-li 49, ~,
Inns an y r. = e; t n1i i,ie
= " -, -,, 1,-
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The Chicken of the Future.
From the Macon TELEGRAPH.

At the grand exhibition in Philadelphia
is an electric incubator, which is, it is
said absolutely perfect. In this event we
NAV expect artificial chickens in the future
to come out provided with a burglar alarm,
and educated as to the method and time
for whistling up the dog
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As Seen by Conservative Southern Edi-
tor in New York,

Mr.. +. ". Dawson, member Of the Nat
ional Democratic Committee and editor Of
the Charleston News and Courier, went 10
New York TO take a view of the political
situation. He is Il very clear-headed and
not over-sanguine observer. He wrote 10
his paper Of yesterday the following re
view of the political field
This year 401 Presidential electors Will
be chosen by the people OF the several
States. The vote necessary 10 elect the
President, therefore, Is POI, which Is a
majority of 401. The Southern States
have 153 electoral votes.
Turning to New Ynrk, l feel justified
III saying that. al this moment, New \ ork
State is absolutely sure 10 give the Demo
cratic candidate rousing majority.
Concerning Me- jersey there need be
no anxiety. That State is III good condi
ton, and VIII be fei2lil-y il the Democratic
line IN November.
With the votes OF the States I have
named. the Democracy viii elect their
candidates by majority OF three votes.
But this is not all. Indiana. which has
10 electoral votes. is deemed to-day as
safe for the Democrats as Virginia or
New York. These i electoral votes
would, at need, make up for the loss Of
both Connecticut and New Jersey. 1t is
evident. then, that the Democratic pros
poets are Unexpectedly bright without
any necessity Of going outside of Indi-
ana, in the West, i'll quest of electoral
votes
It has been shown that the Democracy
will elect their candidates without any as
sistance from the West outside Of the vote
Of Indiana, but the Democracy will I'M
doubtedly obtain a considerable electoral
vote in the Northwest. Michigan to-day
is lost to Blaine. The electoral vote of
Wisconsin will most likely be denied to
Blaine In Illinois there is strong hope OF
defeating Blaine, by reason of the conyer-
sion Of the German and Scandinavian
voters. There is also a good fighting
chance for the opposition in Iowa and
Kansas.
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'Arin-Ony iii " inS.on.

Blaine and Logan club of Salem held lre
regular meeting last Thursday and broke
up il q row. Four men--gwo Wheeler and
two anti-W Whee!er-engaged in regular
fight. Stipe q Reyenuer. one of the =" biz
four" in the fight. drew his pistol. The
hail was soon cleared and the chairman of
necessity declared the meeting adjourned
Stipe. Gibbons. II. L. and Geo. d. Shore
We're bound over to court III a bond Of 500
each Stipe and Geo. d. Shore met on the
streets of Winston next day and drew pi>-
tolls. but nothing serious happened. They
We're bound in the sum OF 5000 to keep the
peace.
The bitterness between the factions grows
stronger every day.
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As a Wholesale Market.

The Charlotte Observer has it from good
authority that the house Of Wittkowsky
Il Baruch sold thirty wholesale bills last
week aggregating over $4,000
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Our .sBeSt' Advertisement.

Uncle Sam has not always at all times
been especially kind to North Carolina;
but in one way of late he has been doing
us an incalculable service. THE CHRONI-
Gle published an account the other day Of
the visit of q Government botanist to the
State who is collecting specimens for the
National Museum.
Now Mr.. r. ". Best has come. in the
service of the government. to make as com
plete a collection as possible Of all the
timbers and woods in the State for the
Government Display at the New Orleans
Exposition. He will go away from the
city tomorrow. and visit every section Of
the State. During the Exposition, how
ever, he will have an office and headquar
ters here.
I am in no hurry to..set back to Wash
ington.'' he said; land maybe I'll stay I'M
til you drive me away.
Then somebody added: you'll have
to come home to die Major. 1t will require
such an acreage for your grave that land
everywhere else is too high for you to
think Of dying abroad"
THE New York Times makes show Of
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Blaine Geographically.
From the Boston Post.

rom the BOStOn POSl.
\ Federal office holder in New York was
eulogizing Candidate Blaine. Why, he
eycIaimed you don't know him. Gen
tIemen, / know that man, and every time
/ see him | discover something brand new
In him to hoot over He's like the earth
gentlemen-like the planet we inhabit
Every time he turns about he shows a
bright side He is something like the
earth assented Mr.. James Collier, who
was by But he'll be more like it next
November. Then he'll be fiattened at the
polls"
Il the newsboys do not deliver The
CHRONICLE promptly subscribers are re-
tod tn Ioi nr,f1 1u
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ha; i m Interesting offer made hy an
Ohio ladAi,a this afferns-on's GHsc~IclD--
10 give directions for making a silver and
gold plating machine in exchange for an
her cabinet ~ curiasifirr.
About plating -Tnr CHRONICLE knows
nothing but about cnriosities~ the land
l. full OF them
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Nancetoro i reputable and excellent
town IA Eastern Carolina, and It's good
name. as we'll as its good character. has
hitherto given II good repute but now IL
turns oui ihai they have Grvcnhaekers al
Naucetoro and nj only this. bat that
they have organized Butler Club. Tho
marvellous variety Of our products
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There j. a Joke on President Primrose
that j. too good 10 keep. \ suspicious
gentleman III one of the hack counties
looked Al the picture of the Exposition
building and saw that the railroad ran in
70 it, There. said he, don't YOU see
that gamci That railroad runs right
smack into the house. That Yankee Prim-
rose viii get all our things in there. load
EN- ia the night on the cars hitch an en-.
gina 10 il and run away with the whole
thing 10 laukecland
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THE New York Times makes a show Of
Republican allegiance by exhorting the
Republicans Of Ohio to elect their State
ticket
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humeT-s Fact. faneies. ~preuiations
anu >maIl TaiA ibasat all N0sfs pf
>uhsNtts Picked mp all Orr Ih.. &infr

The people ~ every county haze few
good inen who arc faysrits-S with every
ts~iy not mere pets Of popularity. but
go%a strang men whom Ii l. "A pleasure
aud a sort Of duty to honor MAJ. W. A.
iiarSies Of Greene. ls such nasan. whoa
tho Democrats have nominated FOR the
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liarper's Weekly for this week has
capital cartoon OF Blaine standing al
Fort Doodle. gun IN hand. behind a
breastwork Of money bag; illustrating
senator Edmundss assertion. - When
ever Thurman and ! have Joined hands
against Jay Gould and fellows Of that
sort III the senate, James q. Blaine has
invariably started up from behind Goulds
breastwork. musket in hand
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The Lincollton Press tells of the finding
of a quart flask buried near its town, the
cork of which had dccayed. and the con
tents OF which was coffee The Prcss--so
innocently supposes that III rs much "a
il was found along the line Of Cornwallis's
march, il may have been dropped by "A
British soldier during the revolution
Why. man. no quart flask In all this good
common wealth ever yet lay idle so long
a tune as that-not by 1io,o00 majority
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The Virginia Tobacco-Leaf sings "a song
in this metre
The brightest Gem III the worlds opnsyn
l. the gold leaf Of the Old Dominion,
The Young, the old the dude, the sensible.
Pronounce il al once quite indispensable.
Which needs chorus like this
Ne all know this little game,
For forty years you've stole this fame
We grew the leaf. You gave the name,
Aud got the credit just the same.
And now your glcry's turned 10 shame.
For the brightest gem IN the worlds opinion
i the yellow product Carolinian
Carried to the Old Dominion,
And sold with labels Annaninau.
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You have been reading the last day or
two. about the meeting and dining Of the
three Emperors-of Russia, Prussia and
Austria-a pretty piece Of nd1lsense; but the
latest news il the best When they parted
they gave one another jeweied snuff
boxes and other effete evidences Of esteem,
and the Emperor Of Austria kissed the
Gar, and kissed the hand Of the Czarina
What despicable taste the Emperor Of Aus
tria has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-20
european Advertisements.
GRATEFUI-COMFO
EPPS'S COCOA.
Bnslitcss q. ances.

DOR SALE.-Dug Business established 60
years-Alcn Co, corner Fifth and Main stS, Cincn-
natl o. and best drug business Ohio. Whole
sale and retail Sl2j0 10 Sl56OJG per year stock on
bOut $J5 ODI Admnlsjra Ors sac 81 appTaitcmeui,
winch II low. For further particulars. address
FIdhffN i' GtSiHXTTjQUE administrators
g. W Cor Fifth and Main sis, Cincinnati, o.
WANTED. Partner, 81. 900 100 per cent
w profit Address BFOWNsTONE QUARRY, Tribune
Uptown once 1898 broadway