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MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 4, lSS

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jnne 4, 1885.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I pei ceive that you
are yet complimonting me with your
paper-I only regret that ! am not
paying for it, as formerly, by preach
ing to your citizens. Ii there is
anything delight in performing, 1t
surely is the preaching of the gospel
of Christ to APPRECIATING audi
ences. alt is the only name under
heaven given among men whereby
we must be saved" (Acts 4:l2)
The acknowledged civilizer Of the
world-the bright evangel Of Mercy
to all who will heed it; while the
bereayed, the unfortunate, the sick,
and the dying share its special con-
solation-Visiting the habitations of
men, it sooths the sorrows of the
afflicted; it pours the balm OF
Heavens consolation upon the
wounded, bleeding heart of the
bereft by death of loved ones, now
no more to be met with in all the
walks of life: while it wipes away
the tear from the stained cheek, 1t
points, with the rich whispcrings of
Christian assurance, to that slight
in the window" for those who
mourn.
And, alas! Mr.. Editor, how many
of the readers of the Osceola TIMES
mourn over buried ones, which are
kept fresh in our memory by the
little slipper-the vacant chair-and
chide themselves with the now
seeming want Of patience, while the
little sufferer was here. What
would not that mothers heart give
to be able to recall the lost oppor-
tunity! All! the Gospel songs now
come rs our reminders.
''If we knew the baby fingers,
Pressed against the window pane.
Would be cold and stiff to morrow-
Never trouble us again
Wonld the bright eyes Of our darling,
Catch the frown upon Cur browi
Would the prints of rosy fingers.
Vex us then, az they do nows
Ahi those little ice cold fingers,
How they point our memories back
To the hasty worls.and actions,
Strewn along our hack kward track
How those little hands remind us,
As In snowy grace they lie.
MOI to scatter thorns but roses
For our rcapipg by and by.
This constant reminding of obli-
pations to our households, to each
other, Us good citizens, to our God,
is the grand work of the preached
Gospel. But, alas. how little un-
derstood, and still less appreciated!
The more faithful the minister, the
more IS he spoken against, misun-
derstood or grossly misrepresented
And yet hear this charge. 1t Is
"to give no uncertain sound. J"
q Cor ll-S) "Son of man ! have
made thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel: therefore hear the
word at my mouth ard give them
warning from ME. When ] say
unto the wicked. Thou shalt surely
de. and ,aoe giv,st him no, wfrn'
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Miss JULIA, daughter Of Stone
wall Jackson, beautiful blonde,
was married to a Mr.. William A.
Christian, in Richmond, Va, on the
9th inst. The affair Is described as
one of the most brilliant society
events that has taken place for
years.
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VOLUME XVI.
THE 0SCE0LA Times.
LEON ROUSSAN,
Rdit0r and Pr0prietO r

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Un aivance)
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WIN. RUTHERFORD & CO.,
Dealers in Groceries and Liquors.
Cayce's Old Stand, Merchant Street, Osceols.
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GAYLORD & HALE,
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oils, School supplies, Cigars,
Notions, &c.
Corner Main and Mechant ST., Osceola, Ark
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G. r. BRICKEY & BRO.
Dealers in General Merchandise.
North OF the Post-0fice. Osceola, Arkansas
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eubseQu uent Insertion.
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ARRANGEMENTS have been made
to open the New Orleans Exposi-
ton next Fall.
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Obtsiucd, and all Patent business attended 10
for Moderate Fees
Onr Office is oryosiie ti.e II =. Parent or,oe,
and NC uHu obtain Pat-nt- an less time ths"
those remote II oui Washington.
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cha l,c unless pstcp' is secured g..
Wereier hr,., 81 the Po~tmaster me shpt.
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Terms sr. references to actual clients In y0Hr
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
WILLIAM C. ENDICOTT,

NOf MASSACHUSETTS.
William Crowninshield Endicott was
born in Salem, Mass, in 1927. His
father was William Putnam Endieott
and his mother Mary, daughter of the
Hon. Jacob Crowninshield, who was a
representative in congress. He attend
ed the Salem schools and graduated
from Harvard College in the class of
1S47. He married his cousin. daugh-
ter of George Peabody. and has two
children, son and a daughter. Judge
Endicott studied atHarvard Law School
and read law in the Office of the late
Nathaniel j. Lord. He was admitted
to the bar about 1850, and few wears
later formed partnership with the late
j. w. Perry and continued with him
until his appointment by Gov Wash
burn to seat on the supreme bench in
1873. This position he held until 1882,
when he resigned on account of his
health. In 1882 he made an extended
tour of the continent. He was a men,
Der of the Salem common council in
1852, 1858 and 1857, when he was elect
ed president of that board. He was
city solicitor from 1858 to 1868. He is
a member of the Massachusetts, Histori-
cal Society and of the Board of Over
seers of Harvard College. Mr.. Endicott
is direct descendant from Gov. John
Endicott. Until the Bell and Everett
campaign he was an Old-Line Wing.
At that time he went into the Democratic
party. As lawyer he has been very
thorough, and in pleading case very
dignified. AS Judge he stood high in
rank. He has never been prominent in
politics, but was the nominee of the
Democratic party of Massachusetts for
the governorship last fall. Personally
he is man of high character. and the
object of his appointment is undoubted-
ly to crafty the independent allies of
the Democracy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12

from Arkansas to the United State.
Senate March 4, 1867, but was not adj
mitted to his seat. He made the test
oath case as to lawyers in the Supreme
Court of tho United States and gained
it. He practiced law at Little Rock
with success till 1874, when he was
elected Governor of Arkansas without
opposition, and at the expiration of his
term was elected to the United States
Senate. again!having no opposition, and
succeeded Powell Clayton. He was re-
elected in 1888. He has taken high
rank as lawyer from the day he en-
tered the senate, and has been for some
time member OF the Judiciary Com
mittee. He is of medium height and
speaks with clearness, elaboration and
force. His wife died soon after his cleo
ton to the Senate, and he has since re-
manned a widower. He has deep,
rich voice, and has been regarded as
one of the best speakers of the Senate,
and although jevial in private does not
believe in Introducing pleasantly into
his speeches. He is lawyer .sall over, :"
and though he stands so well in his own
State that he could probably have life
tenure to the Office of Senator his legal
ambition leads him to abandon his seat
in the Senate. 1t is his ambition to ul-
tlmately reach q place on the Supreme
bench. He has number of children.
He has no fortune, and lives in a simple
way, never having tried to shine in
society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY.
on NEW VnDIY

William G. Whitney was born at Con-
way, Mass. in 1910, graduated at Yale
College in 1868, at the Harvard Law
School in 1864, and then went to New
York. where he was at once admitted TO
the bar, and got desk in the office of
Judge Lawrence. Two years later he
made partnership with classmate,
Henry +. Dimock, and they tried, with
no amazing success, to strike right into
law practice. Whitney devoted HIM
self without delay to getting into poll
tics, and thereby became the corpora
ton counsel-an appointiye oflice-on
the downfall of the Tweed ring. The
position had amounted to little for
many years, but now it suddenly be-
came mportant-partlyb because of the
mass of litigation over fraudulent
claims against the city, but largely
through Whitney's CELEBRITY, energy and
ability in clearing off the cases. This
achievement established his reputation
as a lawyer, and he maintained it dur
ing his continuance in this Office, which
he at length voluntarily resigned. In
business, too, he was successful, and he
made considerable start toward for
tune when he gained SO much more of
it at the altar that his own accumula-
ton at the bar was insignificant by con-
trast. In 1871 Mr.. Whitney took a
foremost part in the organization of the
Young Mems Democratic Club, which
still continues as a vigorous and power
full political factor. He early formed
friendship for Samuel j. Tilden, which
has steadily continued. Whitney's
greatest political performance was the
organization of the County Democracy
in New York City, and the work of his
own inception has been so thoroughly
done that Tammany's sway has been
shattered. As corporation counsel of
New York City it has been estimated
that MIR. Whitney's vigorous prosecu-
ton of suits directly saved the city
81, 000.000 and indirectly much more.
His wife is sister of Oliver w. Payne,
of the Standard Oil Company. Mrs.
Whitney was presented by her brother
with 81 100000 in cash and a residence
on Fifth avenue that bears comparison
with the mansions of the Fanderbilts.
Both Whitney and his wife are noted in
social way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12

The Dubuque Times calls attention to
the contrast between the civil service
PROFESSIONS of the Democratic party, and
the way which they bid fair to put them
in practice, and in this connection tells
the story of the Vermont deacon:"No,"
said the decdn,' II don't approve of boss
raein, but when another member of
the church becomes so goddess as to pass
me on the road comm home from NEE
tin, feel it my duty to the church to
let out the reins just to keep him from
putin his trust in earthly things" The
Democrats still belive in the principle
of Civil Service Reform, but they want
to give the Republicans the benefit OF
the full discipline of defeat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
LUCIUS QUINTUS CURTIUS LAMAR
OF MISSISSIPPI.

MIR. Lamar was born in Oxford, Put
nam County, Ga. Sept. II, 1925, and
received his early schooling in his native
town. He graduated at Emory College,
Georgia, in 1915. He studied law at
Macon, Ga, and was admitted to the
bar in 1847. He moved to Oxford, Miss.
in 1849, and was elected Adjunct Pro-
lessor of Mathematics in the Mississippi
State University, DIR. A. T. Bledsoe, ed.
itor of the Southern Review, being the
senior professor. He resigned in 1850
and went to Covlngton, Ga, where he
devoted himself to the practice Of law.
In 1858 he was elected to. the Georgia
legislature, and in the following year
returned to Mississippi, where he settled
on plantation in Lafayette County.
He was elected to the Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth congresses and resigned in
1860. He entered the Confederate army
in 1861 as Northumberland of the
Nineteenth Mississippi Volunteers, and
was soon promoted to the colonelcy.
In 1868 he was sent to Russia by the
Confederate Government on an import
ant diplomatic mission. He returned
to Mississippi at the close of the war
and In 1866 was elected professor OF
Political Economy and Social Science
in the University of that State A year
later he was transferred to the Profess
sorship of Law. He was elected to the
Forty-third Congress and reelected to
the Forty-fourth. In the winter OF
1867 he was elected to the Senate.
where he has since served. He is one
of the few scholars of the South. In
the Senate he has frequently conflicted
with the prejudices of the people of his
Substantially in his eulogy of Charles
Sumner, the part which be took in set
Ting the presidential difficulty in 1876,
and in refusing to obey the instructions
of the Mississippi legislature when il
requested him to vote for an initiation
bill before the Senate or resign-but his
influence has always been strong enough
for him to hold his place. He IS wild
over, and has no fortune outside of his
official salary. He lives quietly, and
often passes intimate friends unrecog.
nized when he is in brown study. His
readiness to defend JEFF Davis has been
the principal criticism against him.
His own chief fault found with himself
is indisposition to hard work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
Ell Mahdi and Gen. Gordon.

Yes" said a well-known man, en-
tertaining party of gentlemen at the
club, II know FL Mahdi, the False
Prophet, and Gen. Gordon, too-have
met them both many times
''What is the secret of the Mahdi's
power?' was asked.
Religious fanaticism on the part of
his followers. He is an ordinary-look-
ing man-looks like any other Arab of
the fellah or peasant class, and would
not be distinguished from his followers
for any apparent qualities of leader
ship. He is, however, very ready
talker and better versed in the Koran
than most others. A mans influence
among the Mohammedans depends
largely on his knowledge of the Koran,
and there, as elsewhere, on his ability
to talk convincingly.h
History-I am reminded by this SOU
dan business-is pack of lies until
time Sits out the truth. Without
wishing to east aspcrsion ON the dead,
but simply in justice to the living, here
are some facts about the late ''Chinese"
Gordon which are said to be well known
to members of the United States army,
both here and abroad, and are not
mentioned in the London clubs without
a frowning resentment. A common
sailor named Ward, hailing from Roch-
ester, N. Y, went to China, and, after
loafing for time on the shores of the
vastly deep, proposed to a neighboring
Mandarin, or chief, for the sake of an
adventure, that if he would give him a
troop of $50 ''beach-combers' hewouldD
capture for him the walled town of
Foo Chow-I think it was Foo Chow.
The beach-combers were runaway sail
ors of all nationalities, confined by the
Mandarin for misdemeanors. They
were in for anything for fun. Ward
assaulted the town; the garrison and
inhabitants, numbering several thous-
and, fled. and the Mandarin was so
tickled that he gave Ward his daughter
to we'd The victorious army grew TO
be the ''ever Victorious British Of
ficer was put in command by the au-
thorities and gained some successes,
and then came Gen. Gordon and got
the glory, and all England and all the
world resounded with his praises. The
sailor Ward disappeared quietly made
way with, so it was hinted-and Che
grieving Mandarin and his desolate
daughter erected to the memory of the
obscure American seaman superb
monument-the only one of its kind ev-
er reared on Chinese soil to comment
crate foreigner. - Chicago 1rtbunc's
Man around IO1Cu
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
The Latest in Carving Knives.

Among carving-knives the old-fash-
toned nine-inch straight blades have
given place to a variety of shapes, the
cutting edges generally describing
some part of circle. A variation of y
Turkish cimeter is the most popular
blade. For steak or game a six-inck
knife is used, while the turkey or fami-
" roast cannot be attacked with bet
ter implement than ten-inch blade.
For some reason, known only to them
selves, the carvers in hotels and res
taurants are still faithful to the '.slic-
er," blunt-pointed, perfectly straight
blade which has the appearance of an
oyergrown case-knife. 1t varies in
length from twelve to sixteen inches,
and is so flexible that one can almost
tie knots in it. An oddly in the cut
lery stock is the jointing carver. de-
signed for separating the joints of
poultry and game of doubtful age. The
blade is long and very narrow steel,
with an almost needle point. = Chicago
tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
WILLIAM FREEMAN Villas,
OF WISCONSIN.


Mr.. Villas was born at Chelsea, Or
ange County, Vt, July 9, 1910. When
he was IL years old he came to Wiscon-
sin, where, few months after, he was
entered as a pupil of the preparatory
department of the State University. In
1858 he matriculated in the freshman
class of t. at institution, and was gradu-
ated there in 1853. After taking his
academical degree he studied law in
Albany, NY, and was graduated from
the law school of that city m 1860
After his admission to the supreme
court of New York he removed to Wis
consin, where, on his birthday, July Q.
1860, he made his first argument before
the supreme court of this state. In the
same year, 1860, be became partner
with Charles I. Wakeley, lawyer of
good standing. Upon the outbreak of
the war Mr.. Villas entered the army as
captain in the Twenty-third Wisconsin
Volunteers, and rose to be Major and
Lieutenant-Colonel. He resigned his
commission and resumed the practice of
the law Jan. /, 1864. In 1872 Gen. G..
f. Bryant Joined him in partnership,
and 1877 his brother, f. P. Villas, also
became partner in the firm. The Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin appointed
Col. Villas one of the revisers of the
statutes of the State in 1875, and the
revision of 1873, adopted by the State,
was partly made by him. In 1879 Mr..
Villas refused the use of his name as a
candidate for the goyernorship of Wis
consin. He has persistently declined
office, but went to Chicago as a delegate
to the convention of 1884, which honor
ed him with its permanent chairman
ship. He has held various positions of
trust in Wisconsin, and is now MEM
Der of the lower house of the legislature.
He is great orator, his famous eulegy
of Grant at the Chicago banquet giving
him national reputation. The Sd Of
January, 1866, he was married to Miss
Anna Matilda, daughter of DIR. William
HI. Fox, Of the village of Oregon, Wis,
one of the pioneer physicians of Dane
County and gentleman of much
wealth and high reputation. Col. and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
AUGUSTUS Ii. GARLAND,

MIR. Garland was born in Upton
County, Tenn, June IL, 1882. The
following year his parents moved to Ar.
kansas, where he has made his home
ever since, and which State he has rep.
resented in the senate since 1866. He
was educated in st. Mary's College and
St. Joseph's College in Kentucky. He
studied law and was admitted to prac.
tice at Washington, Ark, the place
where his parents had originally settled
in 1858. He removed to Little Rock,
where his home now is, in 1856. He
was delegate to the state convention
that passed the ordinance of secession
in 1861, and was also a member of the
provisional Confederate Congress that
subsequently met the same year al
Montgomery, Ala. He served in both
the House and the Senate of the Con-
federate Congress, being in the Senate
when the war closed He was elected
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12

TheApril Century will contain reply
to Mr.. George w. Cables recently
published and much discussed article
on 1.-The Freedman's Case in Equity"
1t is entitled 'In Plain Black and
White and is written by Mr.. Henry
w. Grady, one of the editors of the
Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Grady claims
that Mr.. Cable does not truly represent
the south; that there is general protest
against his statement of the case, and
universal protest against the suggestions
for the future; "that the South will never
adopt Mr.. Cables suggestion of the
social intermingling of the races. 1t
can never be driven into accepting it,
So far from there being growing senti-
ment in favor of the indiscriminate
mixing of the race" Mr.. Grady says,
''thc intelligence of both races is moving
farther from that proposition day by
day Mr.. Cable will probably reply to
Mr. Grady in later number of The
| Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
Funeral OF James G. Blaine's Sister.

BALTIMORE, March 1.-The funeral
services over the remains of Mrs. Eliza
Blaine Walker, the only sister of James
G. Blaine, were conducted this morn
ing atthe Cathedral by Archbishop Glib
bons, assisted by Rev. Father Curtis.
Mozarts requiem mass was sung by his
grace the Archbishop. Among the
relatives of the deceased who were pre-
sent were James G. Blaine his son
Walter Blaine, and Robert Blaine and
wife. Mrs. James G.Blaine was too i'll to
attend. The remains were taken this
evening to Brownsville. Pa, where
they will be inferred beside those of her
father and mother.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12

There is a strong prospect that the
country about Winnipeg will soon issue
declaration of independence from
British authority, as the United States
did over hundred years ago. The
farmers of that country are thoroughly
aroused and very angry. Their No. l
hard wheat, which sells for 81 per
bushel in New York, only brings them
about 40 cents, the other 55 cents
going to the transportation companies
The companies certainly ought 10
divide even, though we suppose it is
very expensive advertising that region
to induce immigrants to go there, in
the elaborate and glowing colors it has
been painted for the past several years
1t is just the place for emigrants to go
and get rich raising wheat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12

A recent dispatch shows that party
of three men, two of whom are known
to be prominent socialists and dynami-
tiers, and the third a chemist, have been
spending several weeks in an uninhab-
tied locality in Pennsylvania expert
menting with device for exploding
dynamite. The device is partially de-
scribed, and works on the principle of
an alarm clock or time lock. A device
of this kind has been long felt want on
the part of dynamiters. They desire
something that they can plant along
with their dynamite and which will ex-
plode it, but not for hours or days after
wards, when they are far away over the
billow. A dynamiter does not like to
take his own medicine. He feels that
it is good for others-just the thug in
fact for members of parliament and
other tyrannous individuals, but for his
part he prefers quiet life. The great
study, therefore, has been how to APP
proach kings, czars and others of that
class, give them their Cruel, and then
get safely out of reach before there
''comes burst of thunder sound" like
that which presaged the melancholy
fate of Casabiana. 1t would be the cas-
lest thing in the world for the dyna-
inter to conceal dynamite about his
person--to stuff a dozen pounds in the
| top of his hat or the slack of his panta.
looms and go up to his man, slap him
on the shoulder and let 'er flick. This
would be sure to remove the ear or
king pretty effectually. but the great
drawback is that it would at the same
time remove the dynamiter, and what
dynamiter is going to put his life against
that of every effete and pampered scion
would be annihilated. but when the
of a despised aristocracy. The pampered
socialists fellow patriots met around the
| festive board in the customary beer eel
/ lar, there would be one vacant chair
This has been the unpleasant feature in
the business of removing tyrants al
along, but it is now hoped, by the de-
vice experimental within the noun
tains of Pennsylvania. that the unpleas
ant feature will be largely overcome
1t is said that fortune favors the brave
and is such is the case there can be nc
doubt that these brave men, who seel
to destroy the lives of others while they
are themselves out of harms way, will
eventually conquer ali difficulties and
live to wear the hero's laurel wreath
Or if laurel is scarce, and not easily t.
to be had, hemp might be substituted.