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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09
Abuses b. ,Ac Legislature

fit he true as generally pub
lished $50 far without dcuiaD that
the surplus Of nearly million and
a half dollars lci in The state
treasury by the rcadiustcrs is well
nigh exhausted, bourbonism has
indeed been n costly institution.
Already county superintendent
are publishing its effect on the
school fund, and in many cases.
notably in Rockingham, the teach
ers are driven again TO shaving the
warrants which are the certificates
OF their labor. In return for this
wholesale plumber Of public
treasury we have nothing but the
turning ont Of a few officers and
boards 10y revolutionary legislation
in the midst Of their office tenure
and the substitution Of a batch Of
phalisees who declared all the
while they did not want Office, but
only better government. Not one
single beneficial public act marks
five sessions of a legislature which
ought to have met but once in two
years. 1t is all election boards aud
office. Not even the promised
land commissioners bill was con-
sidcred except in committee
which still holds it fast with an
unfayOrable report. The state
ment that all they wautel was
election of these commissioners by
the people turns out to be rs de-
lusive, not 10 say false, and treach-
erOas as were the whispcrilgs of
The serpent in the garden Of Eden.
Moreover, by unwiSe tampcring
with the debt question, which they
most s0lemnly avered they would
not touch or disturb, The funding
almost entirely ceased after Sc, 2G9,-
329.S3 is reported as turned into
the Richmond Office for funding
under the "Rddleberger' bill.
| This is not pleasant recital, but
/ it is true one. Time alone can
give corrective. When such abuses
as these crop ont, abuse Of people
by the press and public speakers
Of men who oppose them will be OF
/ as little avail as in 1879 and 1881.
-. .-----------
/ DURING the late canvass The
bourbon was Away paraling OBJ
iections TO the surplus in the
treasury. fin q single month the
revenues of the government fell
short Of demands nearly three
quarters Of a million dollars is il
not wise to have surplus 2 That
surplus is capable Of giving tho
! government instant relief, and IL
ID shall become necessary, con
gress may use Of to lift the money
pressure now bearing so heavily
upon the people. 1t is as wise il
governments "a in individuals tC
have something laid up for a rainy
day. Now we find it not raining
but pouring, and the despised sur
plus may take us all in tout of the
wet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

NATIONAL NlNlb NiikN ~ = MR. Nis"
LEAGUE OFFICE, PINE ST.,
NEW YORK, Dee %, 1851. }
The Hon. GrOrr CierclaHd:
Sir,-We have the honor to adj
dress you on behalf Of the National
Civil Service Reform League-an
association composed Of citizens OF
all parties, whose sole purpose IS
indicated by its name, and which
takes no part whatever IN party
controversy. The vast increase IN
the number of persons engaged Ill
tho Civil Service, and the grave
mischiefs and dangers arising
from the general prescription IN
the Service, which for half a cen
fury has followed a change OF party
control of the National Admins
tration, have produced 50 profound
an impression upon the public
mind that the first effective steps
toward reform were taken with the
cooperation OF both parties in the
passage of the reform act Of Janua-
ry 10th, 1888. The abuses which
that act seeks to correct, however,
are so strongly entrenched IN the
traditions and usages OF b0th
parties that there is naturally
widespread anxiety lest the party
change in the National Executive
effected by the late election should
show them to be insuperable. But
believing, as we do, that the reform
system cannot be held to be Sc
curely established,until it has safely
passed the ordeal Of such a party
change, and recalling with salts
faction and confidence your public
expressions favorable to reform
and your official acts as the Chlel
Executive of the State of New York
we confidently commend this cause
to your patriotic care in the exer
else OF the great power with which
the American people have entrust
ed you. Respectfully yours,
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09
TERMS OF SALE:

Ono fourth Of the purchase money cash
in hand on day of sale and the residue m
two equal annual payments 10 be eyidenc-
ed by interest bearing bonds, title to the
property to be retained until the purchase
money is fully paid and conveyance
directed by court
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

A Washington female is besicg-
ing the White House with an "in-
yention to lay ghosts Unfortu-
nately for her, it's not the Gead VINO
bother presidents. Now if she
would only invent machine to
day the living, she might have a
chance with the next administra-
ton. Mr.. Cleveland would give a
good deal to see the offlce-seekers
laid OUT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

Mr.. Watterson's trade against
Mr.. Randall, for bidding him prac-
tically to enter the Southern States,
is a sample of Southern intoler-
ance which derives its strong
est force from the fact that t
is directed by n Democrat
to a Democrat. Mr.. Watterson
has not only made spectacle of
himself and a martyr of Mr.. Ran
dali, but given, beside S, an illus
tration of the narrow bigotry which
for years has been a frowning
barrier between the South and the
men who have been her truest
friends.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

THE popularity of the high H.
cense law in Illinois can be judged
from the fact that its author, Will
liam IL. Harper, ran 1000 votes
ahead of his ticket last month.
The Republicans are talking about
making him their candidate fol
speaker Of the lower house Of the
Legislature.
TIE persistence with which the
cabinet makers ignore the claims OF
Congressman Springer, of Illinois,
begins to trouble the friends of
that gentleman. His personal or
gan, the Springfield Register
makes an urgent appeal for his
appointment as secretary OF the
interior.
George II. Craig, Republican, OF
the Fonrth Alabama District, who
was elected to the present Con
gress by a large majority, but
counted ont, aud whose case was
reported favorably upon by tho De
morcratic committee, is still KEEP,
ont of his seat by the refusal OF the
House to act upon the committees
report.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

An indianapolis correspondent
asserts that Mr.. Hendricks doesn't
want the vice.presidency and
would resign it Immediately if the
Senate we're Democratic. 1t is a
long while since we read a duller
iose than this. Ii sounds like Mark
Twain. .f.r
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

The leaders are going slow in
making up the states, and there is
great reason.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

General Hancock will have uni
versal sympathy in the loss Of his
only remaining child, Mr.. Russell
Hancock, who was planter and
merchant of GAINESVILLE, Mlssis-
sippi. The general is now left
childless in his declining years,
though he has the companiOnshlp
still of the beautiful wife Of his
youth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09
cream of Comment at The n
fiOnnl capitol

Compiled for the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7th looo'-
We have had Christmas and New
Year with their festivities. Quiet
beyond precedent were these holt
DAYS and there are few incidents
worth recording that properly
come within the limits of subjects
to he discussed in the newspapers.
Christmas was prominently a
home Christmas, and while New
Years Day was observed as it al
ways has been and always will be
in Washington, with the usual
ceremonial calls natural in a gay
capitol largely influenced by official
usage, the day passed quietly
enough in the streets and stores,
however animated the parlors and
dining.rOoms of the hosts who re-
ceived the thousands of callers. The
weather was not agreeable during
any consecutive TWEEN ty-four hours
of the week interveni ng between
Christmas Day and New Years
Day. As a consequence neither
the Theatres, nor outside fashion
able gatherings Of any sort were
largely attended. Still nearly
everybody alludes to the recent
holidays as having been fruitful OF
enjoyment, and that furnishes a
strong plea for future use in behalf
of indoor pleasure and entertain
ments as compared with the noisier
amusements of places of public
resort,
~
OF politics there was as title
gossip as is usual IN the holiday
recess of Congress. Interest in
political circles centres in the
Senatorial struggles in New York,
Illinois, and Colorado, and for the
time-being gossip utCleyeland s
cabinet is postponed until the
Senatorial fights shall have ended.
In Illinois the friends of General
Logan are confident of his re-elcc-
ton, although the Legislature is a
tic on joint ballot. Senator Logan's
friends rely upon the almost com
plete unanimity of the Republicans
in behalf of Logan, and the di-
visions among the Democrats
Carter Harrison, Morrison, Palmer,
and Trumbull are all Democratic
aspirants, and each one is the
enemy OF all the others. \ Demo
cratic member ofthe Illinois Legis-
lature is seriously sick, and W II
probably not be able to participate
in the election of a Senator. This
adds to the confidence Of Logan's
friends Az 10 the New York re-
suit the chances are said by New
York politicians here to be all
against Arthur. As matter OF
prophecy or shrewd guessing mere.
Is. the UERALD's Washington
correspondent names three aspl'
rants, one of whom will he the next
Senator chosen from New York,
with chance in the order in which
they are here named, Morton,
Evarts, and ChOatc. Colorado Will
probably witness one Of the most
exciting and prolonged of the
senatorial contests of this winter.
The fight between tho Hill and
Routt factions is very bitter, and 1t
is likely to result in permanent in
jury to the Republican organlza-
ton in that state.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-09

/. Geo. w. Milcy, clerk of said court, do
hereby certify that j. l.. Keller who was
appointed Special Commissioner of sale i'm
SAID sauso by decree rendered thern on
the il0th day of Sept Isl, has executed
bond, with personal security, in tho pen
atty fixed by the court, and conditioned
and payable ~ prescribed by law.
Given under my hand this oath day Of
December, a. D. l-Si.
GEO. w. MILEY, c. c. c. S. G
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Itminary, Wtt Senator Edmunds
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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15
The Waters OF Utah.

There is in the extreme north OF
Utah magnificent subterranean res
ervoir of first class soda water, bub-
bling and effervescing out of the
ground in such quantities that all
America might be supplied. In the
extreme south, on the road to Order
vile, is an exquisite circular lakelet
that IS always just full to the brim
with water as clear and as green as
bervl And whenever the water over
flows the lakes edge it Incrusts the
ground and the grass and the fallen
leaves upon it with fine coating of
limestone, so that the brim Is perpet-
ully growing higher and higher with
the imperceptible but certain growth
of a cora reef, and in course of gener-
ations the lake will become a concre-
ted basin. Between these two points
are scattered ali over the country
springs and pools of the strangest
waters. There is one pool only foot
deep, and situated at a high altitude,
that refuses to freeze even in the sever
est winters. There is another that
mysteriously .replenishes itself with
half-grown trout. One stream that
l saw, though clear as crystal to the
eve and tasteless, stains all the vege-
tation it flows over deep brown. A
warm spring near Salt Lake City is
the strongest sulphur water in the
world. A "hot spring." few miles
off, with waters so hot that you can
hardly put your hands into them, and
as bright as diamonds, is one of the
most remarkable combinations OF
chemicals ever analyzed. Boston Bud
Oet
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15

tant part OF the county, uncle
left home on horseback. Two days
passed and we heard nothing of
him. At>the close of the third day
some one hallooed at the gate. Halle
and l went out.
'Is this Jasper Prior's placeP"
"Yes." / replied.
"Well, am sorry, but / have bad
news for you. Mr.. Prior, two days
ago, was drowned while trying
to cross stream, and we have
not been able to find his body
Goodbye"
Halle and /, without speaking, went
back into the house. We sat down by
the fire and for time sat looking into
the blaze.
"Halie."
Eyes, John"
81 think that he ought to have
died"
''lt may be wrong to say so,
John, but l cannot help believing as
you do"
Halle"
"Yes, John"
81 love you better than-better than
anybody else could love anybody
else"
But not better than / love you
John"
put my arms around her and kiss
ed her. 1--WE are only children" said
1, "but let us be married at once. IL
makes no difference what people say"
1--WE don't care what they say" she
replied. 1--WE love each other and it
is nobody's business"
Two weeks from that time we were
married by an old preacher, who, af-
ter the ceremony was over, placed his
palsied hands on our heads and said:
'God bless you, my children"
That night while Halle and were
sitting by the fire-our tire-she took
off the ring which my aunt had given
her and said
This is the first time that l have
ever taken off this ring, and now,
John, am going to make wish. l
wish that our married life may be
happy"
Her wish came true. We are rather
old people now-have lived together
many a year-but we are still happy.
One of our grand-daughters was mar
ried last month. .-Opte F. Read, IN ar
kansaw IrdUeler.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15
Seven Million Francs a Minute.

We are apt in England to dcprecate
the rapid way in which large sums of
money are voted in small house by
the peoples representatives. But
this is not one of the things they do
better in France. 1t is only about ten
DAYS since that the French Legislative
Chamber voted sums amounting to a
total of 29O. .OO0,000f. in forty minutes.
This was at the average rate of con-
siderably more than 1000, ,OOOf. per
minute; not a bad total surely for a
body of frugal Republicans to vote.
Domestic pets-Matrimonial sulks.-Chicago
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15

Fresno county, California, will produce l2O,-
oC0 boxes of raisins this season.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15

A South Carolina man found preserved
frog Ia a molasses barrel
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15
CHAPTER ".

Two years dragged wearily along.
i was nearly fifteen years old; Halle
had passed her twelfth birthday. I'm
Gle told us that he intended to
marry again and that he would get a
woman who would make us stand
around, but his design was
never executed. He was engag-
ed to vicious woman, woman
so well known for violence OF
temper that many of the neigh
bors extended to us their SYM
pathies.
One day, having business dis
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-08-15

Domestic pets-Matrimonial sulks.-Chieago
Ledger
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

The South has done a great deal
towards putting itself in accord
with the North, by paying honor to
the memory Of General Grant. IL
recognizes his merits an % soldier; it
remembers bis magnanimity at Apo
mattox. In the words OF the New
Orleans Times.Demoerat; "Yanquish-
ed as wasthe South by his arms. in his
chivalric kindness We We're doublY
auished ut Appomattox." The pas
sions cngendered by civii war are the
deepest and least irradicable Of all
antagonisms. save perhaps those OF
religious luminosity. and therefore it IS
a pleasure to know that it has not
taken but twenty years TO bead the
breach between the North and South.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

The absorption OF the West Shore
Railroad Of New York by the Central,
Is regarded as great misfortune by
the people along .hese lines, as it re-
moves all hope of vigorous competi-
ton, and virtually annihilates $685..
100000 OF invested capital. Brad
street S journal says; Tbemorai to be
drawn from this can be found in the
tendency towards the unlimited con
solidation of corporate enterprise.
and, nnrestrained by law or some
other powerful influence, il is quite
possible for nine or ten or even less of
the powerful railroads corporations
OF the country, controlled by a few
men, 10 combine and by the same
methods MS were applied to the West
shore to absorb the entire railroad
system OF the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

Matthew Turnbuil, OF Chicago, has
an article in the current Number OF a
LONDON magazine, called tbs Nine.
teenth Century, bewailing the increas-
ing power OF American aristocracy.
lie says it is idle to deny the existence
OF such body, for il is ingrained the
very system of American Government.
tits not only legal bnt It is clearly es-
tablished in the Constitution OF tho
United States. 4 Senator in he
American Congress has twenty times
the political power of an English peer,
and the Senate is the main source OF
American aristocraey. The only way
TO check the growth of the system is
10 stop the supplies of that fountain
head OF aristocrats, the American Sen
ate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

The Chicago Journal has of late re-
ceiyed great mass OF alleged poetry"
on General Grant, but it has too pro-
found a respect for the dead General
TO Insult his memory by publishing
such mawkish nonsense In his honor.
And of all the absurd carieatures
published in some of the newspapers
ms pictures of General Grant, the jour
nal says: 'Frhe most of them bear no
likeness whateverto the dead hero and
patriot. There is no resemblance be-
tween the features in these pictures
and those which they pusport to rep,
resent"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

II win be surprise to many to
learn that during the late heated term
at the North on no day did the Their
mometcr at New Orleans register so
high as in New York, Cincinnati, st.
Louis or 81. Paul. Tins prom , - The *.
New .Orleans Picayune to remark:
..New Orleans Is a cooler summer city
than many places situated far to the
northward, and while the peopleof st.
LOUIS aud Cincinnati and other
Northern centres are sweitering with
excessive heat and failingin the strsets
from its effects the people OF New Or
leans are enjoying n mild and salubri
Gus climate and are following their
usual avocations without discomfort
aud with no rirs OF death froa, sum
stroke Indeed. cases ofsunstroke are
SO exceptionally rare nj the South as
TO be almost unknown. ana although
tho continuous and long.proiyaeted
warm wcuthar issomewhat wearing"
there are no such excessively hot days
IS are experienced in the north