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Poverty and Suffering.
LOTTERIES.
+ ss sss 7 4
ILL., ssss.-.. ILL.,.

This is the Only Chartered Lottery Of Any State
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY
Incorporated in 1865 for % years by the Leg
stature for educational and charitable purposes.
with capital Of ~ 900. 600, TO which reserve
fund OF over S550,O0O has since been added
by an Overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chise was made a part Of the present State Con-
stitutioni adopted Dec. 2, A. D. 1879.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY 10 WIN A
FORTUNE.
Its Grand Single Number Drawing Will take
place monthly. 1t Never Scales or Postpones.
Look ut the following Distribution:
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING,
CLASS A,
At New Orleans. Tuesday, jan Is, 1885, un.
der the supervision and management of Cen @.
u. Beauregard, of louisiana and Gen. Jubal n.
Early. OF Virginia
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000.
100, 600 Tickets mt Five Dollars Each
Fractions in ftths In proportion.
AR NM VNsa.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-17

BAtrlMoRe, Dec, l6,--yiTslnia 0l, new 10. l0s
32JJlj new Us, 81 bid to-day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-17

GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING,
CLASS A.,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-17

Its Grand Single Number Drawing will take
place monthly. II Never Scales or Postpones.
Look at the following Distributions
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-17
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY 10 WIN A
FORTUNE

by an overwhelmlng. popular vote It's fran
chise was made part OF the present State Con-
stitution, adopted Dec. 2, A. d. 1879.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-17

The following have been furnished by Bate.
man 4 Co., bankers, 14ll II street, being the
most active stocks in the New York exchange;
Ono, Hon. Lotb Csg Sdlei,
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Barb d Wlru Unrnbinniinr.

ST. LOUIS, April 3-The .Aqe oj. Steel pub.
lishes tho full particulars respecting the
formation Of a company to control The
manufacture Of barbed wire in the u Uni,ed
Sate'. The combination tn nbraces nearly
all the large barbed wire manufacturers in
the country aud was incorporated und. r
the lava Of illinois last December:
with capital. stock OF two millious al
dollars divided in two thousand sharsr,
eight thousand i,ot WHICH represent the
preferred and twelve thousand the common
stock The preferred stock represents be
machinery, values and actual .outlays OF
cash for : stock, . and upon this
an annual dividend Of "a pescont is
guaranteed. The common stock represents
the Tonnage value ls Of wire, which
the licenses Of the Washburn & Mcen Com.
pany are privileged to make uuder, con-
tracts with that company, estimated at ten
dollars ton. ]. The object OF the comhina-
tion ia to maintain rcmunera,ive prices ior
barbed wire, and by having common pur.
chasing agents, to keep the prices Of. raw
material Within, the proper, bounds. II. >: Il,
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xIErY To NEE TlLDEN,,
OncislH aud Citixens nads Victims or
W.. M. All Pools Day Joke. H2i ll

OfncislH aud Citixens n nads Victims or an
M, All Pools Day Joke. lt,F
CLEVELAND, O., April SIN the Leader
appeared column article to the effect that
there arrived in Cleveland late Monday
nighta party cons s'sting OF Samuel J. TIL
den, q aries D: :-Whipple, his secretary;
William H. Barnum, 1of Connecticut;
Henry RNVatterson, " OF :. the louisville
CGHftT. .Jou,nal;. Congressman Paige,
Mr.i4 Bigelow-.-ex.U United States Min.
is:ers 10 France; William q. Whit
ney.s Of New York, II. I B. { Pay;ine's
son.in. law, and several. Others. The article
stated that Tilden would hold 4 public re.
Csption at9the kennard House from 10 10
l2, and that during the afternoon a consul.
tation'g would be neld with Senator-elect
Payne. Bogus interviews with Tilden and
,Wa!terson we're also printed. "A great crowd
throhged in and around the Kennard
House. All the leading Democrats Of the
city, members Of the CITY Council, CITY
officials, Republicans, ex.Msyori Herrick
and hundreds Of private citizsns called 10
pay their respects to 'rilden. 4 The noon
trains brought many in from the surround
ipg towns for the same purpose. Among
them was noted politician, "JeG" Palm,
WHO, on learning that the whole thing was an
April fool hoax, proceeded with crowd OF
l50 tellow.ioois to the kennaru House bar,
,whtle he bought the crIDks for the entire
crowd. Tne swindle was a gigantic one,
and created much mtrrimeut throughout
the city. ss... y "a 81. IA,
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STEAMER DESTROYED,
10 PRISONS LosErHk,R LIVES.
4 Dl'A's'r On The Chattahoochs River. asaF Colan.
has. Ga,-San.s Of Those Lost-Ths Boat
Total Loss-An Ei.el,ie kanp ths Caa,s Of
10: n,EsAiIon-nAsy Psraoas Burasd.

CoLunDrs, GA, April 3.-The steamer
Rebecca Evsrlpgham, Captain George
Whiteside, burned this morning to the
waters edge at Fl.zzerald's landing, Chat.
tahooche river, forty miles below the city.
The fire originated In the s:ern Of the
steamer, and It is thought from an electric
lamp spark. The passengers saved escaped
In their night clothes. "a, 3,
Following Is a list Of the lost: Mrs.
Aven, OF Cuthbert, Ga; Ms, Simpson,
Fort Gaines, Ga; Julia Anderson, cham.
bermaid; Richard Coleman, pantryman;
Adolph Thomas, fireman; a. Stephens and
Randolph Singer, deck hande; Bob Griffith,
stevedore. III q Az " + -
Three thousand and seven hundred
bales Of cotton and atmall Iniacelaneous
freight was burned. The boat was valued
at twcnty.four thousand dollars, which is a
total loes. No insurance. There we're six.
teen cabin and nine deck passengers on
board. The steamer belonged to The Cen.
trail line. The passengers who escaped have
reschd this city, some q them severely
burned. 5Gt II. z. I ;5itSs ..{
Z THIRTEEN DEAD AND MISSING.
A Macon dispatch sayl: OF the thirty
passengers, thirteen are dead and mieeing.
Following Is the list SO far as aacertained:
Mrs. Avent Cuthbert and s:s:e,; Mrs simp.
son, OF Fort Gainet; J. B. Yates, Balm.
bridge; W. E. Kennedy, Euiaula, Ga;
Julia Adams, colored maid; Dolph Thomas,
firoman; Robert Griffin, stevedore, and Ran.
dali Singer and A. s. Stevens, deckhands.
Among tie missing are colored VIC man
and child, names unknown, two white
men unknown and D. D. Williams, Of La
Grange. Capt. George II. Whitcside,
commander, is painfully burned. All the
officers did their duty. The conduct Of
Pilot George Lapham and son, lad of IA
years, Is specially commended. They re.
mained on board and materially assisted
in landing tha passengers. ~
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4 clEcuRLAR has been distributed among
Democratic Congressman which points q
way out Of the tariff trouble, aud which, it
is hoped, would restore the party 10 her-
mony. 1t is suggested that another caucus
be called. at which the party shall com.
mAnd the recommi.tal OF the Morrison bill
to the Ways and Means Committee, that
the caucus shall declare the party in favor
olreducing Republican taxes" and pledge
the party to report tariff bill by tho 10Th
Of January next. This is very neat de.
vice 10 bridge over the campaign. But
could the Democratic party walk over that
bridge 10 the White House ? II ii5 Il
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ALI snxiE,s
From Wheeling TO PaskersburcfHithi Il hin
20 Dnys-SO n ,ys senator tamden, u

From Wheeling TO oParkersburEWith thin
20 Dnys-so y ,ys senator tamden.
From Our special Corsspo,ule,sl. \. Z.
WAsulSerox.S D. 10y. april 8 Senator
Camden hai returned from P4rkesbutg.
Meeting him il the; Senate Chamber To-
day I asked him how soon. .Ihe would be
ready to Issue passes over The Ohio River
Railroad, ,ffiajii 5Itjs}; Ii3i n
"oh,p said the; Senator, !" 4. We are ready
nov; ! rods over ioily:aye miles oi The
road on Monday.",5 N3&H lIlilI7'TS.I ~
,Ii"How soon will you be able to ride over
the whole route between ,Parkelsburg and
Wheeling svS;ssRisifl1E 't}iilf ~
S."Sixty days We are going to work right
along now until It Is completed.' \ sl9
si3"Willyou BIZ ready for freight; and pas.
seneer business by that tina 2. ,::..Sl,.i
NJ Eissi"'Yes Sir, in sixly. days we. hope 10 have
regular. trains running between Parkers.
burg and -Wheeling.n4tl Stf;,s$:&; +sist,
1.-The Senator is much improved, having
apparently recovered from tho slight at:
tack OF malaria with which llo has been
suffering for fortnight past. 49, s,sis
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TYoII

lace was covered with blood, and from a
hole In his forehead over bis right eye .
purple. stream was still flowing. On the
ground near him was common Ave.
chamber pistol, one barrel OF which was
empty, and between hla feet was his hat,
The dying man suffered greatly, and the
mute but beseeching appeals made by his
eyes as he opened them will never pass
from memory. The death scene was an
awful one. When the end came he drew
up bis feet, contracted every muscle and
erasped Tor breath, and as the breath left
bis body he stretched full length, and,
With a culver throughout bis frame, died.
There was little clew towork on for the mans
Identity. In bis pocket was found large
sum OF money and some pamphlets OF the
Osborne Machine Company Of Auburn,
New York, which induced the belief that
the dead man had been travelling for that
house. In bis hat were faint traces OF what
might be "Muer." In bis pocket was found
q small piece Of paper with the name Of
~. Renkin, No." written therein. Ex-
element In the city over the matter was
intense. His body was placed in an I'M.
dertakers office and over five thousand
persons passed In review, but none could
recognise him. The body was placed in q
standing posture and n picture was taken,
which will be sent to the various cities. :
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MAKING SURE OF, DEATH.

~
A Suicides Elaborate Preparations TO
Y Prevent the Failure Iisi. Plans.
d PnILApELruIA, April 3-Suspicion hay.
ing been aroused as to tho whereabouts Of
Albert Z.bn, dealer in electrical instru.
menA at l05 South Second street, his Office
was Today iorcibly entered by a police
officer. The body of;the electrician was
found hanging over q. stairway within the
roolns, Asioa ing that he had deliberately
conmlltsd suicide H left no papers or
letters 10 show the cause Of his taking his
life 70 accomplish hiB design Of hanging
he plarGd u ladder arross the we'll hols al
the top Of the flight OF stairs, then ias,en.
iugaHrope around his neck, he probably
climbed upon tho ladder, and there tas!en.
ed to his ltH an anvil weighing about fifty
pounds. Then having tied the halter be let
himself down to touch some OF The hignesl
stops and af:erward swung Oft to the lower
steps beneath thu other end OF the ladder.
rs was found hanging With bis neck con.
siderably, s,re'ched:. H.hn is supposed to
have brtnga Swiss, who came here iron,
New York aoont two weeks ago: II ;iE -
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Republic,u senn,o,iai t,apc . .

'3 WAsnlSsToS, April ,3.-The caucus Of
Republican Senators this morning was mot
very stallysIattendsd. The Education, bill
was, the only ystopic under discussion, and
several amendmenta propoaed BY tie eau.
Gus Committee were approved by the eau.
Gus Among them were. the propositions
to reduce tho aggregato appEopf to
between seventy and eighty .mll!ions-the
bill In it's present form calls for $lO5 ,OO0,.
00oNand ,to make the I'm oney available
only uponthe rlq1isitions by States under
certain restrictions rs toF accountability,
and TO n q lire its distribution to countie
according 10 the population and, illiteracy
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ONE member Of the Charleston brick
paving company says that company has a
little matter Of royalty to settlswith Wheel.
ing; another member. says il hasn't. Lst
US hope it hasn't. !, 1t is something to have
even this assurance, now that the pave
ment is laid. ~ ii s5n a. $,st
Two members Of tho Board OF Public
Works, with a third party. have patented
brick pavement Of their own. It is be.
lieved to be good pavement, perhaps
better than the pavement already laid on
Chapline street. The members Of the
Baare Of Public Works say they will not
charge the city royalty during their term
'ol ottss-shey cannot, for the Law
Vorblda u 1t is not said what
II is tue intention to do after
they 80 out, or one Of them goes out. In
The meantime they hope to make money
by tho use Of their patent elsewhere.
Whether this programme will work to the
public satisfaction remains to be seen. II
may be just what the city wants and 1t may
no. be, IN. t:5ff, s;3f IS; E
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wAYaEsBURG WAFERs.

hotea About Town-Tfio Political Sitnn.
sQtStEi&e g tton-PerS0nnIs.'8 8 N q II; !.
Correspondence Of Ae intelgencer. !. 5; \. ~
Il WAYNssyvRo, PA, April 3.-The people
here just now hardly know where to find
him who was their next door neighbor a
few days ego, as there has been SO much
moving. I Am stopping at the Walton
House, where had the pleasure Of IN oct.
ing, @. NJ ShiDn, of our State, Special Es.
aminer in the United States Pension Office,
who has made this place his Headquarters
since some time last fall. Mr.. Shinn has
made many friends here. He .will doubt.
less soon retnrn to his home at Fairmont,
and will devote his time and talent 10 as.
sis. in making the Ire.l Yirginian, in which
he now has an interest, one OF tho very
best papers In the State. ne is very san
guino that we have the Bourbons on the 20
in West Virginia, and he thiaks nothing
but q mistake Of some kind in the opposi.
tion can ssve them. -, I.3i
Blythe, way, 1 find that all the RepubIi.
cans over hero are looking hopefully to.
ward us, and expect our Slate 10 redeem
herself this fall. / tiud the Republicans
here are almost unanimous in favor oil
Blaine and Lincoln. l have not had the
timo to see MANY Of them, but In short
talk ! had with Z NJ: Sayers and R.%W.
Downey I take j. that it Is so. 4l5s';tal
:. In the lndependem office found Messrs.
Ragan and Evans very busy, as they ieaus
their valuable paper to-day. st2g4
MIR. Day, OF the Republican, is conyalesc.
ing; rapidly, and will soon be at hls post
again. 5I i5]. -
~ Waynesburg is improving very rapidly,
and J think it !s to the interest Of Wheel.
ilng busineRs men to establish trade here.
We are but three hours apart by rail, and
this bids fair in the near future to be one
Of the best points for our city In this entire
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THERE is a vigorous, not to say vicious
kick against the Bourbon machine plan o.
chooarg all the national delegates at one
time and place. Everybody understands
that nothing is so likely TO cork up all the
delegates in one bottle, with the machine
trade mark blown in. Looking upon the
popular conventions Of tho Republican
party many thoughtful Democrats "wsni
to 70 there too." The way is not hard
The Democrats Of any Congressional Dis
lric. can choose delegates and demand ad'
mission for them. t.. 55,- (
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Ii it's Efforts to cover the important cen.
tres Of political information the INTELLl.
agscER has been printing cone very inter.
es,ing letters, which We are glad TO know
are appreciated by our readers and ex.
changes. The lettera, it will be observed,
are printed as letters, not as Especial dis.
patches" Our letter this morning, from
Budalo, views the Democratic field with
New York as a point OF observation. n
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CHICAGO, April S.-Commissioner Hoyne
has received notification from Secretary
Fselinghuysen that the D apartment Of
State had decided TO allow Luke Phipps,
the wife murderer, to be taken back to
the jail at Sanwich, Gambia, to await trial
for bis crime. Phipps shot his wife on q
ferryboat plying between Detroit and the
Canadian shore. He then escaped to Chi
cago, and was captured here last month.
Phipps claims that he killed his wife on
the Michigan side, but the Government
has decided otherwise. II tried in Detroit
for the murder, I, tho laws OF Michigan
would preyentihim from being hanged.
Under Canadian laws he is likely to meet
with capital punishment.
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CANADA NAILERN.
Whnt tho Hrsuit Ut the, New England
hnilers' Strike A mounts to.--S-s4-

Whnt tho Hrsuit ur tho New Epgiaud
hnilers' Strike A mpunls t0.-Ss5--,
BcsroS, April S.-Mr. Edgar Robinson,
Of Leeds, Robinson & Co., Of the Wa1eham
nail works. who has been in Montreal ior
some dayp, arrived in B ,ston yesterday.
He brought with him crew Of thirty. one
Canadian nailers, feeders, turner's and
grinders, besides his m s.er WORK man, also
a Canadian. With ,hia crowd Of work. men,
Mr.. Rohinson. and Mr.. Leeds left Boston
via the Old Colony railroad at 4:l0 o'clock
last evening far Warehain. The nail works
there will be s att.d in full blsst at 7 o'clock
this morning, but the strikers will be left
out ard crowd Ct foreign workmen will
file into their places. The Montreal nail
works are all shut down, IS is usual in the
winter Eeason, being run by water power.
Const qusn,ly the nail mskers OF that city
are all GU! OF work, and will be until May l..
Mr.. Robinson, with his master workman,
Mr.. farney, who is to have charge of his
countrymen in the nail work at Wareham,
found no difficulty in obtaining all the
nailers and helpers ho could taks care Of.
Even rolling mil mer, heaters and pud.
dlers also out Of work begged TO be taken
alone. This importation oil Canadian work.
men will probably end the great New Eng.
land strike. The lnanuiacturersesy that the
workmen refused TO submit 10 reduction
which would not have brought their wages
down 10 the scale paid the nailers Ia East.
ern Pennsylvania; that they had paid the
naileys 20 10 Is percent higher wages dur
ing ten months Of last year than were paid
for tho same work In other paris OF the
country. ga aE- III, VI 7 =
Since the strike, all attempts toward an
adjustment have bsen met with silence on
the part Of the nailers. or with the s,ereo.
typed answer, ave shall 20 to work when
We get our price," or "We shall stay out
until the .prica Of nails goes up, 80 that you
will pay us our price."4 But nails have
kept on falling until they are, nearly 10
percent lower. than when tho strike began.
Besides, rai!s have come from the West Ia
such quantities that the New England mar:
ktt Is in da.tger. Under such conditions
the Wareham Company secs justification
in getting crew Of Canadians to start up
lis mills, The Mt. Hope Mil Company's =
works ut Somerset are running, and gradu.
ally the old workmcn ara coming IN. The
null works at Ply mouth are runniDg.F At
Weymouth. The works have started up.
Tho fremont Nail Oo,npahy's mills are
running Will, the nlachinistb at :Grat en-
ployed,, and gradually the old workmen
come ju.a In over casp, the workmen who
have g5ne 10 work have accepted the re-
duCed Wagts. 80 i'rS-- LIZ - - . ~ .
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.iq. s'F,-'r.a. - .ls 10 y
TIE Two LEADEKSs
yheir 1iieEe'i D:irsreucts on lri.i, MAI,

'tneAr "HeEe" D!HerenctH Oh Irish MAJ.
+ J.,it'.iE'+' sers-what Davi,t snys. :. x
April 3-Mr. Michael Dayitthaa
sent a Communication to tho United Irelainadd
in which he complains bitterly Of The 70. 70.
cent article published in that journal re-.
gsrding the stand taken by him in the mat
Ter Of conducting tho coming Irish elecc.
tons and other matters in which he 10 at
variance with Mr.. Parnell. Hs asserts
that tho article docs him great Injustice
and is totally nuwarrantel5 by tho facs.
.t,rhe motives which havs inspired this al
tack on.me." aays Mr.. Davi.t, s"ara obvious
on the fscs Of the article, and the result
aimed at too plain to admit of any donbt.i
Its purely M attempt to creale a feeling
against mo among my countrymsn." lu
conclusion, Mr.. Davi.t says: at has always
been my aim in dealing with Iriah affiiis
to preach principles and not men," "s2iia:f,tSi
, The Russian Government hes appointed
Baron Stall as Minister to london.
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The Fire Record.

NEw YonS. March 3-The Daily Cm,.
''e'cial Bu''etia Of April ! will give the de.
tails Of fires during March, showing an
aggregate Of s. a50. 600 destroyed during
the month. vi tho amount So OPS 900
burned up in ten fires. The January, F.b:
rnary aud Match fra record shows iS27,!!
25O. 600, being 81. .O00. 900 more than in the
first three months Of 1883, on at the rate
OF Sl00, COO. 900 for tho ylar. :sS III i
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..|..'l''|1|':.(||!:|(|..|(||,:(I|lI||iI,'
State Convention. Credentials were not
given the delegates until they signed writ.
ten pledge to support Blaine for the presI.
dental nomination. M ss,I i'.siiii;
DELRGATEB 70 CHICAGO,
A Lively Contest in Allegheny Coun
n. fIHa. .....H fnr uul 1f.". ..gs'' y Fsl !

A Lively Contest in Allegheny Count,
| T. n for Blalnc. nd & 3 8
PlrrsruRaH, PASApril 3.--The will bel
very lively time in the Twenty.thlrd dis.
trlct convention tomorrow. TWAS under.
stood, after Colonel Bayne had been given
lndisputed sway in bis own Congressional
district that L. NJ. Byers, Of E. M. Bysrs &
Co.,, would have no opposition as q repre-.
sentative 10 Chicago. The report was given
yesterday afternoon that 7. M. Marshall
was 10 accompany Colonel Bayne, and
there was general kick. Mr.. Byess had
been named as delegate to the National
Convention before Colonel Bayne had been
mentioned, and his friends went In to win
because 1t was asserted that the IN ,hine"
had agreed upon another person. When
the statement had been agreed upon the
delegates who had 4 been elected put In
their claims for Byers, and they propose to
stay yiwith him. lsF7 sfIl6' IT:tG li|if
There was no Blaine headquarters from
which information could be received, but
J. D. Weeks answered to every call. He
was asked about the trouble In the Twenty.
Third district, and said he bad been 90 busy
In the Twenty.second district that he knew
nothing OF the situation. Il .E n
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woRDs s.oF.iEsCoURAaknENr.S B
Fho Repnbiirnust hnrs Of l'asrying Plol
H Ida rthur the fayvritc lnnti iiuaio,

Tho Republicans hnrs or Garry irg PIor.
the favurito Cand,uaioi;; 2
t. WASHINGTON; April SCI had q coniyer.!
aation tonight with a prominent Republi..
can from Florida. He ia, confident that
the, Republicans will carry;that State this
year. His opinion as ID candidates coin.
cides with that Of the majority of South.
ern Republicans that the vote in that sec
tion in the Convention will be largely for
Arthur. He does not believe the
President is making any personal effort to
secure delegates, but the machinery Is run
by the Federal ofiiceholders, who are a.
most universally favorable 10 the Adminis
iration. He tbinks the Republicans Of the
South, white and black, will heartily and
earnestly support the nominee Of the con.
vention whoever be may bs.iaB Blaine, sher.
man, Logan Edmuuds ior any body else
will be acceptable to them. He also pre-
diets q very substantial gain Of Republican
members Of Congress In the South" is5SSf :
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Nm. TILpsS Gays he 10 too old, too feeble
-.-.ha. he couldn't 20 through the cam.
usjpn, and, in short, won't accept nomi.
nation. Bu! his name will be used by
politicians to conjure by, just the came.
The politicians want to yet delegates for an
impossible man, and they will see 10 the
trailing alter that. This is the neat little
game, that is being played in West Virginia.