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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-24

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
A Needed Halt.

The Republican methods of dealing
with favored contractors and corpora
tions did not come to an end an hour
too soon. They had existed long enough
to create the idea that the plunder of
the Government was legal privilege
that the corporations and contractors
were more powerful than the authori-
ties or the law, and that honest officials
had no rights which dishonest men
were bound to respect
The moment the Secretary of the
Navy began to examine the work
done for the Government by Mr.. John
Roach and to require the fulflment of
contract conditions, he was assailed
with virulcnt and vulgar abuse by his
predecessor in the department, and Mr..
Roach made an assignment to pre-
vent the Government from recov-
ering money some of which had been
unlawfully paid to him by Mr.. Chan
dler.
AS soon as the Postmaster General,
in accordance with his authority under
the law, withholds from the Pacific
Mail and other steamship companies
subsidies which he regards as unearned
and unjust to the Government, they
seek to embarrass the business of the
country by refusing to carry the mails.
They hope by this course to bully or
frighten the Administration into giving
benus of 100000 of the peoples
money on the strength of law their
lobby agents got through Congress, al
though the gift is entirely at the discre-
o u Roas hs bsst aass SSg lew years
more of Republican rule to put jobbers
and robbers in ascendancy over all the
executive departments, especially as
they were gradually buying up the Su-
preme Court of the United States for
their agents and tools.
Fortunately the Postmaster. General
has sufficient nerve and GOODNESS to re-
sist this demand 10 ''stand and deliv-
er." He has promptly made other ar
rangements for the transportation of
the rejected mails, and, in some in
stances, to the advantage of the bust
ness community, by securing more
speedy delivery World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
Our Consular Service.
SECRETARY BAYARD's EFFORTS TO MAKE
1T MORE EFFICIENT.

Since Mr.. Bayard became a member
of President Cleveland's Cabinet he
has undertaken to reorganize the consu.
lar and diplomatic service Those rep
resentatives of this country who have
been appointed since the 4th of March
have received special instructions look
ing to the improvement of the service,
and within a few weeks new instruc.
tions will be issued, which, 1t is believ,
ed, will aid in the improvement. The
re organization, it is thought, will be
completed by January next
"The one great object sought in this
reorganization" said one of the most
prominent officials in the department.
"has been the securing of good and
competent men. Mr.. Bayard has re-
peatedly asked of those applying for
the positions: Are they capables |
want competent persons who can do
the work in satisfactory manner, and
will appoint them without regard to
the city or State in which they live
In securing these men special inquiry
as to their fitness has been set on foot
in a number of cases Others have
been recommended by prominent men.
A few mistakes have been made, but
these will be rectified at the first op-
portunity.
"There are on file at the Depart
ment of State great many complaints
from American travellers, from all over
the world, against men who have been
serving as Consuls. They are said TO
be incompetent, unintelligent, and fire.
quently addicted to liquor. Many of
them, no doubt, hold their offices as a
reward for political work.
"Recently complaint was brought
against one of the Consuls in Brazil.
An American citizen in that country
desired to marry Brazilian lady. He
wrote TO the Consul asking him about
the marriage laws. The Consul re-
piled that the United States did not
furnish stationery and time (meaning
his own tin'e) for answering such ques,
tons IS those.
"a naval officer who has recently
been in the Central American States
has reported his thorough disgust with
the Consuls in that country. He saws
not single one Of them is a gentle
man, During the trouble on the 18th
mus the commander of one of the Uni
ted States vessels discovered that the
United States Consul of a city under
going siege was conveying provisions
into the bcsieged city. The Officer
reports this as breach of law, and he
adds that the Consul is not a gentle.
man"
"What are the proposed changes in
the consular regulations 7" was asked
Of the official.
"Mr. Bayard has aimed to send men
abroad who are intelligent and able TO
ook into the business of the commu-
mites where they 90 TO represent this
country They are expected to make
! study # the imports of these coun-
ries, to see what American goods can
DC sent there and the prices paid, and
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
Changing the Chiefs Of Divisions,

The work of wedding out the incom-
pctent chiefs of divisions has been in
augurated in the Treasury Department
where. indeed, nearly all reforms
appear to start under the present ad-
ministration. In some of the bureaus
the majority of these chiefs have been
dismissed, while in others the roofing
out process is going on as rapidly as
efficient new men can be found to take
their places.
OF the more than seventy heads Of
bureaus in the Treasury probably the
majority of them had secured their
places because of political activity by
which attention was directed toward
them by the Senators, Representatives
and Governors to whom they had made
themselves useful. Even in many of
the cases where they had been pro-
NOTED from clerkships it had been
more due to favoriteism of this sort
than to their own demonstrated capac-
ity and merit.
The principle by which Assistant
Secretary Fairchild has been guided in
making the changes is to make no re-
moval, except in rare cases, unless he
had found man who promised to be
a great Improvement over the incum-
bent. In this way every change has
of necessity added to the effectiveness
of the bureau, so far as its work was
concerned; while rigid adherence to
the principle can but result in elevating
the standard of the public SERVICE
Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
NOTICE OF INQUEST.
ESTATE OF GEORGE HESS, DECD.

To Rebecca Hess, widow, Guava, columbia
county, Pa. clinton Hess, son, OF the same place.
Ezekiel Hess, son, Coles Creek, Columbia county,
Pa: Emanuel Hess, son, Unionvle, Tuscola Co.,
Michigan; Elsie Hess, daughter, Guava, columbia
county, Pa; Andrew Hess, son, whose last known
place OF residence was Watrousvllle, Tuscola
county, Michigan; Angelina Gibbons, daughter,
intermarried with I. b. Gibbons, of central, CO.
lumbla county, Pa; Sarah Baker, daughter, In
termarrled with Wesley Baker, Unltyvile, Ly-
coming county, Pa; Mary Elizabeth Fritz daugh-
tor, lntermaned with Amandus Fritz, Coles
Creek Columbia county, Pa; Alexander Hess,
son, Sonestown, sullivan county, Pa.
Yov are hereby notified hat petition for par
titlon OF the lands of George Hess late of Sugar
loaf township, deceased, was presented at an Or
phans' Court held at Bloomsbury, Pa. on the 10th
day OF july A. d. 1885, and that an inquest In said
estate was ordered to make partition to and
among the heirs and legal representatives Of said
decedent. And II the said inquest shall be of the
opinion that the premises cannot be divided with
out injury to or spoitng the whole, to value and
appraise the whole of the said real estate or the
several shares or purparts into which they may
divide 1t.
In pursuance of said order an inquest Will be
held on the premises described In said petition,
situate In Sugarloaf township, on the fourth day
Of september, A. D. 1885, between the hours of
q m. and A y. m., when and where you can attend
II you desire. JOHN MoUREY,
Aug.-7-tf. Sheriff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
The Governor Appoints a Legal Holiday.

Governor Pattison has issued the fol.
lowing proclamation:
"WnEREAs, On Saturday, the eighth
day OF August, A, d. 1885, the great
soldier and distinguished citizen, whose
death the nation mourns, will be laid
to rest, it is fitting that the people of
this Commonwealth, in his further hon.
or, should pause from their accustomed
labors when the sad and final rites of
burial take place. The loss in the
death of General Grant will long be
fresh in the public mind. His country
men, to whom his life service was pro-
ductive of great benefits, will long feel
the weight of the general sorrow. In
losing the great and good; in testify
ing sorrow at the loss of the faithful
and heroic, the people show their ap-
probation of public worth and teach
lesson of public and patriotic duty.
GAS a tribute of respect to his men,
ory and in testimony of the sorrow of
the citizens of the Commonwealth at
the death of General Ulysses s. Grant,
do appoint Saturday, the sth day of
August, A. ID. 1885. the day of his bu-
iial, to be legal holiday, and do rec
ommend that upon that day there shall
be general cessation of business
throughout this Commonwealth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07

There does not appear to be any
particular candidate for the democra-
tic nomination for State Treasurer.
Those who haye been suggested have
declined the honor, and il the refusals
of all prominent men are accepted
the nomination will have to go to some
small-fry politician whose chances of
election will be infinitely small. The
prospect of democratic success in this
state this fall, is not particularly brill
liant, but with strong candidate we
can cut down the majority of last year
to something like its usual proportions.
Hensel, Deckert, Powell, and several
others have declined to run, but there
are other good men in the party who
may be induced TO accept.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
SATISFACTION OF A MORTGAGE.

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS
In the matter of the petition OF Mary Evans for
satisfaction OF mortgage
Court OF Common Pleas, No. ., May Term, 1885.
To b. +. Hartman, administrator and legal re-
preventative of John Ramsey late of Bloomsbury,
County aforesaid, deceased and all persons and
parties claiming to be the holder or holders OF the
mortgage In said petition referred to
Whereas, 1t appears that Thomas Harris late OF
Bloom sburg aforesaid did on the 1st day of July,
A. D.. 1Si5 execute to John Ramsey, a mortgage
in due form OF law for $4,000 which mortgage is
recorded In the Office for the recording of deeds,
&C, at Bloomsbury in Mortgage Book 3, page 100.
Ana Whereas, Thomas Harris the mort..agor died
on or about July %, A. D., 1855, and John Ramsey
the mortagee died In February, 1853. And Where
as 1t Is alleged that all the money owing on said
mortgage was paid prior to the death OF said
Thomas Harris, to the said John Ramsey. and
Whereas, legal presumption ofthe payment of said
mortgage now exists from lapse OF time and no
satisfaction appears on the record thereof.
AHd Whereas, Mary Evans, the owner of the
mortgaged premises, has applied by petition to
the Court of Common Pleas OF Columbia county,
where the mortgaged premises are situate pray
ing said court to decree and direct that satisfac-
tion be entered upon the record OF said mortgage
by the Recorder of deeds, onlpayment OF the costs
due relative TO the entry of said mortgage, or any
proceedings. thereon, and the satisfaction so en-
tered shall forever discharge, defeat and release
the same mortgage, according to the Act of As
sembly, approved June TO- A. d. 1881.
Therefore, all parties interested as holder or
holders of said mortgage are required, In pursuit
ance OF an order of the court to appear at the mex
term of the court of commOn pleas Of COumhia A
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
Soldiers Property Claims.
TIE ABSENCE OF A COMMA INVOLVES
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

At the last session of Congress a
bill was passed which plsroyysiddeaI ys for the the
soldiers for losses of personal property
in the Government service except in
time of war or hostilities with Indians.
The claimants through whose efforts
the bill was passed have presented ar
guments to the accounting officers of
the Treasury in which they hold that
the terms "war" and "hostilities" both
refer to Indian service (thcre being no
comma between the words "war" and
sorry and that claims for losses during
the civil war must be allowed.
This, the Treasury officials say,
would cost the Government an enor-
nous sum, more than could well be es-
timated. A case involving a claim for
losses of personal property during the
late civil war was submitted to Third
Auditor Williams, who gave decision
disallowing the claim and holding that
the act does not authorize compensa-
tion for any losses sustained in time of
war
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07

then To report thereon. We recently
sent an agent to the Congo country to
look into its commercial relations. He
brought back with him numerous sam
Piles of imports, showing the kinds OF
goods received. Each sample bore the
price paid for the article. They have
been sent to New York manufacturers,
who can see the kind of goods import
ed into the Congo country and the
prices paid, and can Judge whether
they want to enter the field in business
competitor. ''N
"There is an increased desire among
business men to enter the South Amer
lean markets. Consul General Arm
strong, recently appointed to Rio de
Janeiro, will try to improve the trade
with that country. Before leaving the
United States he conferred with the
Boards of Trade in New Orleans, Mo,
bile, and Savannah. These bodies gave
him their ideas about improving the
trade. About 200 posts yet remain to
be filed. The majority of those are
small agencies, paying salaries or fees
amounting to not more than $1,000
each. They are all at points impor-
tant enough to require United States
representative, but 1t is difficult to get
good men to fill the places on such
small pay. The consular service for
the last three years has paid into the
Treasury an annual average surplus OF
about $4,000, after all salaries and ex'
pense connected with the service are
paid. That money ought to be used in
raising the small salaries so that good
men might be found. The effect ol
the changes will probably not be fel,
for a year or two, but believe it will
come, and that the United States will
derive from her consular service the
same benefit that the prominent for
eign countries derive"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
Senator Butler Speaks His Views.

Interview in the New York Mail and Express.
81 think President Cleveland has
grappled with the Indian question in
the tight manner. Lamar has appoint
ed honest and capable men, who will
see that the Indian gets his rights. In
South Carolina we are well pleased
with the administration. Democrats
have been appointed to Office when the
terms of the Republicans have ex-
pired. We have no political excite
ment here. Everything is quiet. The
people are at work The crops are the
finest both corn and cotton for
many years. l think General Fitz
hugh Lee will be elected Governor of
Virginia without doubt. He has the
young men on his side. They rise
early, work hard and compose the bone
and sinew of the land. 1t is young
men who carry elections
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
Grants 8 Funeral.

The first ceremonies of the burial OF
the dead soldier were held at Mt. Nc
Gregor on Tuesday.
The ceremonies opened with the
reading of Psalm 90, which was follow
ed by an impressive prayer by Bishop
Harris. The hymn my faith looks
up to Thee was joined in by the
whole assemblage present, with fine
effect.
DIR. Newman then came forward
and delivered sermon on the subject
of the dead General, the family sitting
about the remains in the parlor. The ad-
dress was long and consumed a large
amount of time in Its delivery. In the
course of his remarks, DIR. Newman
read this extract from the letter 20
Mrs. Grant found on the Generals per-
son after his death:
"Iook after our dear children and
direct them in the path OF rectitude.
1t would distress me far more to think
that one of them could depart from an
honorable, upright and virtuous life,
than it would to know that they were
Frustrated on bed of sickness from
which they were never to arise alive.
They have never given us any cause
for alarm on their account, and | earn
estly hope they never will.
"With these few injunc,ions and the
knowledge l have of your love and al
fection, and of the dutiful affection OF
all our children, l bid you final fare
well, until we meet in another and, l
trust, better world. You will find this
on my person after my demise.
MOUNT McGREGoR, July 10, 1885,
At the conclusion the hymn
"Nearer my God to Thec,' was render
very impressively by the congregation.
The services ended with the benedict
;e-. Af.nr the services there was a
general nDyemont Of Uue people to.
ward the cottage to get final look
at the corpse, but it was not deemed
advisable to admit any one, in view of
the fact that it was near the time for
the funeral train to start. Generals
Sherman and Hancock and Senator
Evarts left the balcony together.
U. S. Grant Post, No. 1927, of Brook.
lyn, bore the remains from the cottage
to the station shortly before one
o'clock. The military were drawn up
and salute was paid to the remains
as they passed to the depot, and the
throng stood with uncovered heads
while the casket was borne to the car.
The remains reached Albany in the
afternoon, and lay in state at the Cap
itol until Wednesday when they were
removed to New York. The burial
ceremonies will take place on Satur-
day. # is expected that 100000
persons will march in the procession.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07

1t has long been recognized that the
printing of documents was one of tho
most expensive luxuries to which the
United States have devoted their mon
ey. 1t has ever been known that ma
ny Congressional patriots were in the
habit of selling their documents at a
little more than waste-paper prices. 1t
has now been discovered that many
thousands have been piled up each year
in the document warehouses until seven
Among these are about ten thousand
copies of the Agricultural Report for
each of several years. The Congress
sional Globe for the Forty-second
Congress is to be found there in large
numbers. 1t was not distributed be-
cause it contained the votes of Sena
tors and Representatives on the back
pay act, which, it will be remembered,
became somewhat odious. But, worst
OF all, there are as many as sixty thous.
and copies of a report on capital and
labor made by Senator Blair, of New
Hampshire. OF all the uses to which
good ink, paper and types were ever
put this is the worst.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. ID. c., August 3, 1885.

There is very little going on in
Washington just now; the hot streets
are deserted, and even the Office seekers
who have fingered about with a patience
greater than Mary's little lamb have
gone. The White House has been
closed except to those who call by ap
pointment, and the departments little
besides routine business is transacted.
On next Friday the President and
his Cabinet and Col. Lamont will leave
for New York to attend the obseques
Of Gen. Grant. The President will
not return direct to Washington, but
will go from New York to the north
ern part of the State where he will
rusticate until September. Col. La
mont will accompany him, and tele-
graph wire will keep him in commune
cation with Washington.
The president however is not going
to be idle during his absence. For
FIVE months he has constantly denied
the opportunity he seeks to ponder
carefully many important topics, and to
study the national questions which are
somewhat new to him.
The Cabinet, at least majority of
it will remain in Washington. The
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Whit.
ney, is making himself pretty solid"
here, he has Just bought a home for
100000 and will soon move TO it. 1t
is a pretty place outside of the city lin.
its commanding fine view and is al.
together as attractive summer resi-
dece as one will see in days journey.
Senator Logan too, unmindful of the
melancholy examples of Ex-Senators
Window, and Pendleton, and Mr..
Robson who built grand residences in
Washington and failed of reelection,
has bought a $4,000 suburban place.
But Senator Logan has been reelected
for six years from the 9th. of March
and he can say with the Irish psalm
ist- "Let fate do her worst, there are
relics of joy six years in the Senate in
spite of the old boy
Gen. Logan has always heretofore
lived very plainly and his wife has
never before had a field or back
ground, what shall say, large enough
for the display of her brilliant polilico-
social strategy, This house has four
immense parlors on the first floor and
it is probable that it will be ren.
devious during the next four Yeas for
the unterrifed-by- -ciyil-service reform
Bourbon Republicans. Gen. Logan
and his wife have the Presidential bug
in their bonnets, and in their night,
caps too; it will be entertaining to turn
the lorgnette upon the IN ir the coming
three and half years of Clevelands |
1t is said that Secretary Whitney
has also Presidential aspirations. He
is certainly laying broad foundation |
for a solid frame. The house he has
bought however, is too far from the |
of society for him TO work the
politico-social "racket." 1t is not the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-07

The following is going the rounds
of the papers as the origin OF the ques
ton, "Who struck Billy Patterson 3"
Many years ago there was a rich and
pious merchant in Baltimore nam
ed William Patterson. Whether he
was related to the Pattersons, one of
whose daughters married jerome
Bonaparte, we cannot say, but he was
a very strong man. Removing to
Franklin county, Georgia, he attempt
ing to stop fight there one day be-
tween two bullies, somebody struck
him stunning blow from behind,
whereupon William waxed very
wrathy. A Georgia paper says: BILLY at
once became fighting mad and cried
out at the top Of his voice, who
struck Billy Patterson ? No one
could or would tell him who was the
guilty party. He then proposed 10
give any man S100 who would tell
him who struck Billy Patterson 7
From 800 he rose to $1,000, but moi
81 900 would induce any man TO tel
him 'who struck Billy Patterson. And
years afterward, in his will, he related
the above facts and bequeathed 81 200
to be paid by bis executors to the mar
who would tell who struck Billy Fat
terson. His will is recorded in the
Ordinarys office at Gainesville, Frank
lin county, Georgia, and any one cur
ious about the matter can there find II
and verify the preceding statements.
But it is not known "who struck Billy
Patterson" though we have found Out
which Billy Patterson it was who go
struck, and this is some comfort; and a
this is an age of investigation th'
striker may yet be learned and The
81 900 realized, with interest.