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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
The Wheat Crop,

Spectators resort to all kinds of
reports to suit their purposes, and it
is difficult to determine the results
until the harvest is completed, An
Eastern contemporary remarks that
Notwithstanding the fact that the re-
port from the Agricultural Bureau
respecting the condition and pros
poets of the crop of winter wheat
throughout the country is so I'M
promising, it is by no means to be
taken as discOuraging. Just twenty
years ago, In 1865, the winter wheat
in middle ATTITUDES was blasted in
the bloom by the extremely hot April
weather of that year, so that the final
yield was not considered to be really
worth harvesting. Prices were at
that time low, as they are now but
in the interval to the next crop, or
in the summer of 1866. wheat brought
81 a bushel and -four from SIS to $22
pei w Z CNCu GCu w llCut
from Liverpool to supply our neces-
sary wants. Our people may have
forgotten all about this. Shipments
from the Pacific coast were likewise
diverted to the Atlantic ports. There
can be no such deficiency this year.
for the reason that the circumstances
are so different from what they were
then. We now have on hand a large
surplus of wheat remaining from last
year. The area of spring wheat
planted is likewise very greatly ex-
tended. Consequently there is no
danger of any such deficiency now as
there was then. And it is still in
sisted that the condition of winter
wheat has much improved upon that
from which the bureau compiled its
report.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
Mount Mac Gregor, ". Y, UIy1, 'S5,
The Pail Mall Gazette's" Charges

LONDON, July 14.-The editor of
the Pail Mall Gazette has received
letters from the Queen and Mr.. Had
stone, in which they heartily thank
him for the recent exposures of the
traffic in young girls for immoral
purposes, and assure him that he has
their full sympathy in the matter,
The Pal NAL Gazette announces
this afternoon that the Arch bishop of
Canterbury, the Bishop of London.
Cardinal Manning and the Hon,
Samuel Morley have consented to act
as committee of inquiry into the
charges ofariStOcratic iniquity made
by the Gazette in its revelations dur
ing the past week. The committee,
which is locked upon as one of the
most extraordinary in the high char
acter of its members ever organized,
will begin the work of inyesl igation
to morrow afternoon. The Gazette
will place in confidence before the
committee every detail of the evil
dence gathered by the papers repor-
torial commission on which it relies
to prove the existence of the wicked
ness unveiled by it. Every reporter
engaged in the GUzette'S investiga-
tons will appear under oath before
the committee, and each will produce
all the memoranda gathered by him
during the several weeks of inquiry,
together with all the addresses, let
tiers, portraits, descriptions and iden.
titications Of persons, certificates and
agreements collected, and referring
in any wise to persons, directly or
indirectly implicated in the discove.
ries made. The committee will treat
confidentially all the information
placed before it, but will make a gen
eral report as to the truth of the Ga
zette'S revelations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18

trade centers report almost uniformly
a midsummer dizziness in staple lines.
AT Baltimore, as well as at New
Orleans, although business is mac
tive, the tone is reported to be
stronger under the influence of ex-
pectations of full crops at the South.
This holds true at Galveston and
others of the larger Southern cities,
where at present buying is conserva-
lively slow. AT Minneapolis and ST.
Paul the country merchants are said
to be buying in small lots only, but
the prospects of a fair harvest of
spring wheat, as reported by wire
yesterday to BradStreecs, encourages
jobbers to look ahead to good BUSH
ness in the autumn. The advance in
eastbound rail rates on grain and pro-
visions to 10 cents and to 20 cents per
100 pounds respectively did not re-
suit in any appreciable change in the
movement of produce, owing doubt
less to the existence of unexpired
time contracts at low figures with
heavy figures.
The leading financial centers of the
country are as heavily charged with
surplus funds as ever. At Chicago,
as at New York, the lowest call rates
known have been made, and large
lenders on good securities are practi-
cally in the hands of borrowers.
Br0dst1'eet'S calculates on the basis of
production, exports, average domes-
tic consumption, and increase in pop
ulation for three Years that there
were about 116,000,O0O bushels of old
crop wheat still on hand on the 1st
inst. OF this 58,OOO,OOO bushels as
wheat and 10000 900 bushels as -four
were accounted for in Bradstreet'S
visible supply of July 1, thus point
ing to 48,000,000 bushels still in the
first hands, Of which about 28,GOO, 900
may be considered available. This
points to 96,000,000 bushels of avaia-
BILE old crop wheat, allowing 20,000,-
600 for next years surplus.
Dry goods are quiet. Print cloths
are little firmer, owing to the re-
strictiOns placed on production. At
a number Of points the volume of
dry goods placed during the first half
of 1885 was quite equal to that in q
like part of 1884, but prices have been
much lower.
Boston, July 1.-THE Advertiser
in its weekly review of the wool
market says: The market has beer
more active. A more general in
quiry has been made by manHfactu-
rers and more interest shown by
them than for some time, There has
been an advance in unwashed and
understandable and staple woods of
about lc. per pound oyer last week,
and manufacturers have bought these
very freely. Another feature of the
market has been more confidence on
the part of dealers, commission men
and buyers of wool in the values now
prevailing. 1t is evidently thought
that for some descriptions prices are
at bottom.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
General Grants Preface.

General Grants Preface.
From Gen. Grants Forthcoming Memoirs.
MAN proposes and God disposes."
There are but few important events
in the affairs of men brought about
by their own choice.
Although frequently urged by
friends to write my memoirs, [ had
determined never to do so, nor to
write anything for publication. At
the age of nearly 81 received an in
jury from fall, which confined me
closely to the house while it did not
apparently affect my general health.
This made study pleasant pastime.
Shortly after, the rascality of a bust
ness partner developed itself by the
announcement of a failure. This was
followed soon after by universal de-
preston of all securities, which SEEM
ed to threaten the extinction of a
good part of the income still retain
ed, and to which | am indebted to
the kindly acts OF friends. At this
juncture the editor of the Century
Magazine asked me to write a few
articles for him$ | consented for the
money it gave me; for at that mo-
ment / was living upon borrowed
money. The work l found congenial,
and l determined to continue it. The
event is an important one for me, for
good or evil l hope for the former
In preparing these volumes for the
public, have entered upon the task
with the sincere desire to avoid doing
injustice to anyone, whether on the
National or Confederate side, other
than the unavoidable injustice of not
making mention often where special
mention is due. There must be many
errors of omission in this work, be-
cause the subject is too large to be
treated of in two volumes in such
way as to do Justice to all the officers
and men engaged. There were thous-
ands of instances, during the rebel
lion, of individual, company, regi-
mental and brigade deeds of herCism
which deserved special mention and
are not here alluded to. The troops
engaged in them will have to look to
the detailed reports of their individ-
ual commanders for the full history
of their deeds.
The first volume, as well as a por-
ton of the second, was written before
had reason to suppose | was in a
critical condition of health. Later !
was reduced almost to the point OF
death, and it became impossible for
me to attend to anything for weeks.
| have, however, regained somewhat
of my strength, and am able, often,
to devote as many hours a day as a
| person should devote to such work.
| would have more hope of satisfying
the expectation of the public if |
could have allowed myself more time.
have used my best efforts, with the
aid of my eldest son, f. D. Grant,
assisted by his brothers, to verify
from the records every statement OF
fact given. The comments are my
own, and show how | saw the mat
tiers treated of, whether others saw
them in the same light or not.
With these remarks | present these
volumes to the public. asking no
favor but hoping they will meet the
approval of the reader.
U. S. GRANT.
Mount Mac Gregor, ". Y, JuLy1, 'S5,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
Where the Shoe PinChos.

AS the days wear on the Demo-
cratic party finds the civil service
reform shoe, into which its foot was
unwillingly thrust, continually be-
coming more and more uncomfort-
able. 1t was fondly hoped at the
time by the temporary friends of the
party that the foot, though misshapen
would become moulded to the fash
ionable shoe, while the enthusiastic
members of the party had no doubt
that the shoe would in short while
adapt itself to the foot. The latter
expectation was certainly the more
reasonable, for the former anticipated
a contamination that was unnatural.
However, neither has been realized.
The more the Democrats see of civil
service reform the less they like it.
The mugwumps keep patting them
on the shoulder and advising them to
go slow; but the demands of the
henchman are more eXacting, and
call upon them to go fast. The often
sive partisanshiD device, and others
of like character, have been tried to
stretch the shoe, but it is still uncom-
Portable. There are incompatible.
ties between the shoe and the foot
which even these effective agencies
cannot remove. The Chenoweth.
Kellar case has disclosed the inefi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
SATURDAY. JULY IS. 1885.

The time is rapidly approaching
when the Republican party of Gar
rett county will be called upon to
nominate candidates for the various
local offices to be filled next fall. We
think, as general thing, the people
at large do not give as much attention
TO the matter of selecting candidates
as they should. Much of the growl.
ing as to the untitness of candidates
might be prevented if the people
would take the time necessary for
the purpose, attend the primary meet
ings, and participate in the nominal
tions. Indeed it seems to be the duty
of good citizens to pursue the course
indicated. Again, we would remind
our Republican friends throughout
the county that it is important that
our party should nominate its best
men for the various Offices. We hold
that incompetent men should not be
nominated at all. 1t very often hap
pens that persons. the least qualified,
consider themselves the best fitted
for given position, and, acting upon
their own judgment, attempt to
thrust themselves upon the people,
Such aspirants for public favor should
be promptly checked and if, through
political intrigue or otherwise they
secure nomination, then the people
should see to it that they are defeated
at the polls. The proper way to OBJ
viate difficulties of this character is
to nominate good men, men who are
competent, men who have the conf
dence of the people, and who will
poll the solid vote of the Republican
party. It is the most absurd nonsense
in the world to suppose for a single
moment that it is necessary to nomi-
nate man or men who can carry
few Democratic votes and thus be
elected. What we want to do as
party is to nominate men who can
poll the full Republican vote. In
that case there will be no difficulty
about electing our nominees. We
would especially call attention to the
importance of nominating good men
for County Commissioners. Our taxes
are very high, and many people be-
lieve that with proper management
the tax rate might be reduced. But
we can not reasonably expect this if
we elect incompetent men. If we
want the finances of our county man.
aged skillfulIy and economically we
must elect our very best men Coun-
ty Commissioners. If we nominate
men who never were able to manage
their own business successfully, who
can't even manage a small farm or
any other small business properly,
and then expect them to manage the
county affairs carefully, we shall be
doomed to disappointment, A deal
of trouble may be saved by looking
at these matters calmly beforehand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
Cremated by their own CareIsssness.

BELFAST, Me-. July 12.-Shortly
before l O'Clock this morning Wesley
Twombley, John Casey and James
McCabe returned from a drive. They
were very drunk, and, while engag-
ed in putting their horses in the sta
BILE of the Belfast Livery Stable Co.,
where Twombley was employed, one
of their number kicked over lam
tern, which exploded, and in an in
slant the building, which contained
20 horses, was in flames. McCabe
succeeded in making his escape, but
Twombley and Casey, instead of run
ming out of the building, rushed up
stairs, and their charred corpses were
found this morning lying with the
bodies of the horses, all of which
were burned to death. From the
stable the fire spread to the Atlantic
House, owned by George Weeks, land
before the flames could be extinguish.
ed % houses and stores in the center
of the town, with the hotel, were to-
tally destroyed. The insurance will
not cover one-third of the losses,
which amount to $50, 900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
The Maryland Wheat Crop.

The Baltimore SIN pub ishes re-
ports on the wheat crop from The
various counties of Maryland. They
show that the wheat crop for 1885 is
not the failure that was anticipated
early in the season when, on account
of the severe drought last fall, and the
rigorous and prOtracted winter, the
gloOmiest prognOsticatiOns were in
dulged in by the farmers of almost
every county in the State. 1t appears
that while there was a large falling
off in the acreage planted last fall,
owing to the drought. and also in the
yield per acre, due in the main to
"winter killing" the quality of the
wheat is unusually good, the heads
being reported, as rule, as well fill
ed and the berry plump. In some of
counties-notably in Carroll and Dor
chester-the falling off is not such as
to be a matter of serious concern to the
farmers, while in others there is much
complaint of exceptional shortness
of the crop. Frederick and Washing.
ton counties especially seem to have
suffered greatly from the fall drought
and the severe winter weather, and
not more than half an average crop is
reported. The farmers of Maryland
on the whole. however, seem to have
good reason to congratulate them
selves on their escape from what
seemed to be the inevitable failure of
the crops to much greater extent
than now appears to have been the
case.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
Baltimore Live Stock Market.
From Baltimore American.l
MONDAY, July 19, 1885.

PRICES OF BEEF CATTEE AT THE
MARKET TODAY.
Very best on sale to-day 5s055c-
that generally rated first quality 44(9
81 cts; medium or good fair quality
1904 cts; ordinary thin steers. oxen
and COWS 2gGSs cts !; extreme range
of prices 2!M55 cts; most of the
sales were from 3a(G54.
REMARKS ON BEEF CATTnE.
The arrivals of Cattle during the
week amounted to l,34i head, against
1,847 last week and 2,l73 head the cor
responding week of last year, and the
sales were - head, against - last
week, and l,2l2 head the correspond
ing week of last year
There is little or no improvement
in the activity of The market to-day,
as compared with that of last week.
Prices for tops were off &c., as to quail
ity, and other grades much more. to-,
J in some instances. The quality
will not average near as good as it
did last week, smaller number of
nearly as good tops, and longer line
of middle and COMMON cattle, thin
stockers and heifers. which we're
very difficult of sale. being fairly
well represented among the offerings.
Prices 2 e5Bc., few at the latter, and
none at or near the former figure.
Most sales 3306gc.
THE SWINE MARKET,
The receipts were rather light and
prices a shade higheY than they were
last week. ranging from 81 to &C.,
With most of the sales at the latter
figure, those under that-ranging
from fair hogs to common rough sows
and stags-as low down as 54c., at
which there were not many sales.
The quality will average about like
last weeks offerings, some dealers re-
porting falling Offin that regard, and
as many say their hogs were better
than they were then. Same time
last year hogs sold ut SfQ973c., with
fair number at the latter price,
THE SHEEP MARKET.
There is fairly good supply of
sheep in the market, and no improve
ment in the quality over last weeks
offerings. Trade is quite dull for
most of the stock, which is not of a
very superior order, while good sheep
and lambs are in fairly good demand.
There is no outside demand, our
home butchers chiefly being the buy
ers. Prices range from 2 to 43c., few
selling at the latter price, and fair
number under 2; lambs 3 to &c. gross.
Same time last year sheep sold at
3@44c., and lambs at 4G64c., few
bringing The latter price.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18

Howard Cooper. the colored assail-
ant of Miss Katie Gray, in April last,
was hanged about thirty yards from
the Jail at Towson, Baltimore county,
at 1880 o'clock Sunday morning.
Sheriff Knight was asked by the mob
for the Keys of the jail, He refused,
saying that it was his sworn duty to
protect the prisoner. The mob bat
tered down the Jail door with a tele-
graph pole. After some difficulty
the lynchers gained admission to the
Sherltf's room, where they secured
the keys to Cooper's cell. The pris-
oner was then led from the Jail with
his hands tightly pinioned behind
him, ahd was conducted to the near
est tree, where he was unceremoni.
Ously hanged,I
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18

NEW YORK, July 11.-Br0dStreet'S
in its commercial summary says:
There has been no increased volume
of moving merchandise during the
past week. Special kilograms to
Bradstreet'S from many of the larger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ell communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18

The railroad estimate of the PENN
sula peach crop is 100000 baskets.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

RAILROAD ties cost dollar each in Mexico.
INSANITY increases in Massachusetts at the
rate of 200 cases a year
AN old beggar at Stirling, Scotland, knew
the entire Bible by heart.
GOLD worth $50, 500 900 was dug from I'm
Gle Sans rich soil in 1854.
No less than 5000 900 gallons of Vichy
water are exported yearly.
IT is stated that the South last year spent
100000 ) on public schools.
THE public debt of Paris is larger than that
of any other city III the world
SIXTY-Two bachelors committed suicide in
the United States during the first quarter of
the present year.
An English Syndicate has just purchased
the Sanchez grant of land in Mexico, embrac-
ing over 100000 acres.
THERE are in the United States over 49,
100000 head of swine, which are valued at
more than S2.6, OUJ,O0O
SOME of the gamblers driven out of Chica-
go have established their games in boats be-
yond the city limits on the lake
AMONG the Indian tribes one in four dies
Of consumption, which Is a larger proportion
than among the white or colored races.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09
NEARLY DECAPITATED.
sickle ching scenes AT the Hanging of N
Wife Murderer.

Patrick Hartnett, the Cincinnati wife muir
derer, was hanged at the Ohio penitentiary,
Columbus, at - the other morning He was
pronounced dead one-half minute after the
drop fell. The fall resulted in almost total de-
capitation the head hanging to the body only
by small strip of skin at the back of the
neck. The scene was a most sickenlng one,
aud it was with great difficulty that the exc
cutioners could summon courage to cut the
body down
Har,nett killed his wife on January 81,
1854 in Mount Auburn, n suburb of Clncln,
natl Early on the morning of the deed
when she arose he ordered her back to
bed and charged her with unfaith,,
fulness, which she denied lie procured
an AK, made his wife get on her knees, say
her prayers AMI kiss the floor, and then
struck her two blows with the ak, one crush
ing her skull Policemen found Hartnett
dancing jig and playing jewsharp around
the body, and had some trouble in arresting
him
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09
HANGED TO ONE TREE.
Three Men and n woman Lynched
in North Carolina.

The town of Pittsboro, y. c., was the
other night the scene of a terrible occur
renee. At l o'clock A. NJ. a band of n hun
dred disguised men marched up to the Jail and
demanded the keys Of the jaier. They made
threats when he refused to accede, and final
ly forced him to dcliver tho keys and show
them to the cells in which four negroes,
charged with being the murderers of the
Guntcr and Finch families were confined
This done, they took out the four persons
wanted-Jerry Finch, his wife Harriet Finch,
Lee Tyson and John Pattishall The prison.
ers were in an agony of fear They had for
weeks dreaded lynching, and now their time
had come. The lynchers were memorable and
marched the prisoners to place about mile
from Pittsboro, near a crossing on a public
road. Then all four were hanged to one tree.
The prisoners made no confessions.
This was the horrible sequel to the murder
of the Gunter family in December, 1888, and
of the Finch family in July last. The first
murder took place near Moncure on Sunday,
December "A. 1851 Mrs Olive Gunter,
ter, aged sixty-four, were brutally
murdered, and a granddaughter of Mrs.
Olive Gunter, aged eight years, was NOR
tally wounded.
On the night of the 4th of July last a triple
murder, in manner and method startngly
like the former, was committed within SIX
miles of the same spot The victims this time
were Edwin Finch, an old bachelor of sew
enty- nine: his maiden sister, aged eighty-one,
and colored boy of seventeen. The coroners
jury found the four persons named above
guilty of this last crime, although they main
tanned that they were innocent TO the last,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09
CHOLERA IN NOVA SCOTIA.
ucpOrts that the Deaths i'm one Place
Average six n Day.

There is much anxiety in Eastern Maine re-
garding the reports of the existence OF Aslatic
cholera at Transport, Nova Scotia, as there
is a great deal Of travel between the provih-
ces and the States. 1t is reported that the
deaths at Transport average six
day out of population of only
thousand. The epidemic is said TO have
been caused in this way: Last fall shoal Oh
black fish came up the river, which runs al
most through the village. The tide receding'
many of these fish We're left on the mud mats
They weighed several tons. A local hrh
secured the fish, and, taking large
quantity of oil from them, buried the
carcasses on the shore This summer the
place where the fish were buried became reg
ular stencil pit. When the wind was blowing
from the river the smell in the village was al
most unbearabe This was allowed to con.
tinue for some Time but finally covering OF
lime and earth was put over the carcasses ana
the stencil ceased to be an annoyance. Inc
neglect Of an effective sanitary rule Is at inc
bottom of the trouble Bangor is in ire
uuent communication with Palermo, Mes
sina, and other Mediterranean points by
means of Italian vessels in the fruit box
trade, and the Widows Island quarantine
station may come into service.