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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
A Proposed Change of Name.

From the Episcopal Methodist.
We shall shortly be called on to
vote either for or against change in
the name of our church. The word
South has come to convey meaning
which never entered into the heads
Of our fathers, and their sons seem
anxious to prove that they do not be-
long to a sectional church, and to
disprOve the charge that our very
name has political significance. The
new name proposed is "The MethO-
dist Episcopal Church in America"
With the light we now have we shall
not only vote against this proposed
change, but shall most heartily OPP
pose it. We shall do so for the fol-
lowing reasons, viz: The name pro-
posed is a misstatement of fact. Our
church is not, and never will be the
NJ. E. Church in America, since the
NJ. E, Church stands in the way of
any such claim, and since our work
is confined mainly to the Southern
States, with some mission stations in
Mexico, and these form Il very small
part of America. Next, we shall Op
pose it because the name proposed
does not really stand for any princi-
pie or fact to excite admiration or eS-
TEEN. A name ought to be a rally.
ing cry, and should serve to aspire to
uuity and effort, Then again, the
change proposed is a virtual conces-
sion to the clamOr that our church
name is incorrect, and does not
stand for a living fact or principle,
which we are prepared Steadlastly to
affirm. Further, the change amounts
to an acknowledgment that the rec
ord we have made under our old
name should be covered over by a
new one, and we are not prepared tc
admit this in any degree. And last
ly, if change of name be deemed
| important, we favor the name EpiS-
copal Methodist Church, for reasons
long since given. Our church is q
Methodist Church chiefly, and Epis
copal only in modified sense, and
by all rules of construction the adjec-
tive which most nearly qualities the
noun should be in juXtaposition to it.
Put Episcopal before Methodist and
it tells directly what sort of Metho
dism it is in contrast with all other
portions of the Methodist family, and
then, as it leaves out all locality it
will give us no reason to explain at
our Mission Stations, or to limit us
in any way to America. We want
to be Worldwide But as the latter
name is not now in the issue we
drop the subject here, to recur to it
probably again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
shrunk considerably and close slight

shrunk considerably and close slight
ly more active.
Boston, May 23.-The Advertiser
in its weekly review of the wool
market says: The market has been
fairly active for the season, and in
deed no great movement is to be eX-
pected until new woods arrive. This
is really "between seasons" when
old woods are being closed out and
new woods are about to come for
ward. Manufacturers buy in such a
market only what they need to bring
them up to clip time, and dealers and
commission men have agents and
representatives in the interior either
purchasing wool or obtaining con-
signments. Prices are fairly steady
for all choice descriptions, but as Sc
lectlOns are broken prices vary con-
siderably more than usual. 1t takes
an extra lot Of X Ohio to command
32c. but we report such a sale. The
sales of Michigan have been larger
than last week, and stocks are now
quite low. Prices are steady for good
wool under this condition. Very lit
tie Territory is now on the market,
but there have been several sales of
Texas, being mostly new. The prices
of some of the transactions are with
held, but as the sales show, some lots
have brought from 2Oa23c, the latter
being exceptionally high. On good
authority we hear of a small sale at
dc, which is included in unclassified,
bat this is for a very fine lot of me-
dunn. A correct quotation for fair
to good lots is 19a22c. Sales of comb
ing and delain have been larger than
a week ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1885.

Major Peters, editor of the Watseka
Republican and member of the Hi
nois legislature, when assured of
Logan's election as senator, tele-
graphed his friends from Springfield,
logan is elected. Paint my old
home red" The boys took him at
his word, and, showing the message
TO Mrs. Peters, gained her consent
and forthwith the entire male popu.
lation turned out, and, procuring the
brightest red paint imaginable, paint
ed the house. barn and outhouses
scarlet, roof, chimney, and all, not
sparing even the fences and tree
trunks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

after sleeping from 10 O'Clock the
night before. He went to the barn,
where he fed his horses. Feeling
drowsy, he says, he laid uown on the
hay. 81 don't remember anything
more" he remarked to-day, "until
Neighbor John called me. 1 then
thought / had been asleep but an
hour at most" Newton's sleep ex-
tending from 10 p. NJ. Wednesday
until 6 A. NJ. Thursday, and from 7
A. NJ, one hour later, until $50 p. NJ.
Sunday. Excepting the hour on
Thursday morning he was asleep 80
hours and 80 minutes, the longest
natural sleep known TO physicians in
this State.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
Facts for Farmers.

Money economically spent in drain
ing wet places may lift a mortgage
| from a farm.
Josiah Hopes says the Fay's Pro-
life currant produces punches that
surpass the large representations
made Of them.
SCOT is an excellent "starter' for
corn, as it is rich in nitrogen. 1t is
substance that is often wasted, but
which is really valuable.
Sofi-WOoded plants should always,
be plac, d nearest the light, while
hard and smOoth-leaved ones will not
suffer in quite shaded situations.
New celery seed has faint tinge
Of green, and is very aromatic, but it
loses the green and becomes less fra
grant if more than one year old, and
is doubtful.
A writer in the Rural Workman
says a teaspoonful Of coal oil poured
into the wound made by peach borers
in the body or limbs of trees is sure
death to the borer.
Leaf-mOId, rotten COW manure and
good garden loan in equal parts, with
a small addition of sand, we'll mixed
together, makes a suitable soil for
nearly all plants.
The roots of cover and some other
grasses often find their way to very
considerable depths, but drains laid
rom three to four feet deep are sell
dom choked by the roots.
Trees whose roots seek water
should never be allowed near the
drains. The roots entering the pipes
choke them. The willow has been
known to travel 100 feet to enter
well.
The Indiana Bureau of Statistics
says that undertaking not only de-
creases the tendency to maIarial dis
eases, but in that State has been
known in five years to increase the
yield of corn and wheat 80 per cent.
Use plenty of lime in the orchard
and around the vines. 1t prevents
the attacks of insects and also serves
as plant food, as we'll as fastening
chemical action in the soil, thereby
rendering the inert substances avail.
able.
LampblacK mixed with strong vim
egar is said to make a paint for mark
ing sheep that will not injure the wool
and will remain for a year. It is
worth trying. Tar and pitch are both
blotcning and difficult to scour from
wool,
For the improvement of heavy
soils lime should be used for the first
dressing, and the crop for the first
season should be potatoes, the second
season oats, then corn, next wheat
and then clover, commencing again
with potatoes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
The Locust Plague.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Professor
Riley says of the seventeen locusts,
whose visit is predicted, that they
are harmless to growing crops and do
no injury except to the twigs offoreSt
and fruit trees. Whenever young
orchards have been planted on land
which has been cleared during the
last seventeen years trees are liable
to suffer, but it is probable that a
kerosene spray upon the trees will
protect them. The ordinary locust
which is so destructive to growing
crops has jaws which cut, while the
seventeen year species, more properly
called the cicado, has only heak
through which he suck his nourish-
ment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
A Maryland Rip Van Wrinkle.

Snow Hill special to Phila. Times.
A rival to Rip Van Wrinkle has
just risen to fame in Worcester coun-
ty, three miles from here. On thurs
day last, Levin Newton, small
farmer of good repute, disappeared
from his home. His family, know
ing that he had made many enemies
on account of his opposition to the
five acre oyster bed law, which gives
citizens the right to take up oyster
beds for private use, feared that he
had been murdered. A rigid search
was made for him and he was given
up for dead. Late on Sunday after
noon a neighbor went into Newton's
barn to feed the horses and cattle,
and to his establishment noticed the
missing man stretched out at full
length on his back on the top of the
hay. He was sleeping soundly and
only awoke after being vigorously
shaken, Newton exhibited no sur
prise on being awakened, simply
saying: "Well, John, is it late ?"
He evidently thought that he had
been sleeping but an hour or so.
Inquiry showed that Newton rose
at O'Clock on Thursday morning,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
Our Washington Letter.
rom Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. c., May %.
The district of Pennsylvania from
which Mr.. Samuel j. Randall is sent
TO Congress every two years, is said
TO have a majority of Republican
voters beyond that of almost any
other district in that great Common
wealth, but there are business inter
ests of the people in the district that
make it imperative that Mr.. Randall
should be designated to attend to, and
right well has he attended to them,
The Legislature has recently redis.
tricted the State, and having let Mr..
Randall's district alone, his Congress
sional career is assured for at least
another decade. Under the appor-
tiOnment, the Democrats have peen
given eight districts, the Republicans
take eighteen. and the other two are
left to the chances of manipulating
influences. In the last Congress the
Democrats had II of the % districts,
and the loss of the is simply sac
rifice made by them for the sake of
keeping Mr.. Randall before land be-
hind) the people. 1t is also sug-
gestive fact that while Mr.. Randall's
district is overwhelmingly Republic
can, Mr.. KelIey's Democratic pig
iron constituents, were they dispos-
ed, could relegate him to private life
upon party issues by majority quite
as large as that which could down
Mr.. Randall upon distinctive party
lines. Butnobody entertains thought
of having Congress without its Pig
iron Kelley, any more than a Con-
gress twenty years ago could be ex-
pected to draw its breath without
Washburne to help it.
One of the usual Democratic blum
ders is that which resulted in the cleo
ton of General Logan to succeed him
self as United States Senator from
Illinois. With the Legislature tie,
and Republicans in the body whose
antipathy to Logan had already kept
him out of an election for very near
five months, it needed only Demo-
cratic success in one of the strongest
Democratic districts in the State, to
not only prevent Logan's election,
but to ultimately insure the success
of some Democratic candidate, by the
election of a successor to Mr., Shaw.
Relying with the utmost confidence
upon their strength in the district,
Mr.. Morrison HES himself away to
Washington to see after the distribu-
ton of official pap, leaving the only
assurance to Democratic success to the
hands of such master Republican
politicians as "LOng" Jones, Dan
Shepard, Anne BabcOck and ex-POst- !
master Palmer. These. men went
down into this Democratic strong
hold, organized their forces in the |
dead of night, held them in reserve
at every ballOting place in the dis
trict until after o'clock in the after
noon, lest the enemy might suspect
their intentions, and when the vote
was counted that night they had car
ried off their Senatorial prize by a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

A story, creditable to the Presl-
dent, is told in Washington. A Sem
atOr, who wanted the place for his
son, induced Roosevelt, Consul at
Bordeaux, to resign, promising him
consulship in Canada instead. Roose-
welt, who is one-legged Union SOL
dier, fearing that his days would be
short in Bordeaux, and having an
intimation from the State Depart
ment, went into the arrangement.
But the Canadian cOnsulship linger-
ed, and Roosevelt went to the Presi-
dent, who is reported to have said:
"Mr. Roosevelt, you can return to
Bordeaux at your pleasure, and l as
sure you that so long as you perform
your duties you shall remain there.
| am determined that no man who
lost limb in the United States army
shall be removed during my term of
office, unless for very good cause"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

round majority. AT o'clock on the
morning after Logan's election, the
Presidents ears were greeted with
the thunder of 80 guns, fired under
the very windows of the White
House. JUNIUS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

The magical cure of colds and
coughs. Ivy Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
is indisputable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
TERMS OF ADVERTISING

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ed communications will not be returned.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07
THE CITY ELECTION.
a ouslor Or TIE sPoLs.
4 Democratic Aafof Co4nci
Made Republican he Result o.
Cit, Clerk - OoeDt

Yesterday i.ll-e. oEring ass tAe
aB-st of tl.e ssa-s,a lha- far, boa not@Ith-
staadlng thIs fasa tEe total sots east ~ tae
ety for Mayor so Hacn smaller tnaa thai
east fgr Governor iast fall The ss1ctlon
passed % smoothly and quietly and ~ az
reets @ers ala,ie a. polling places Tor
al-osgierly ,oaduet. The satire Fusion
ticket xas slectsd sith ths
excepuon II Patrlck O'Asil, for Dlrvct0f "
tne PooF. and the result Oh CIry CierE sIili
Ia dispgte. different reports gathered re-
porting tue result differently. The kepaoA-
cans gam aldsralsn u the Third, Fourth and
Fifth Nards. and lose la Ehs Seventh -sl-d
Eizhtn. This gan 0f ole over Tie Demo-
erats wiil Leave the Council uIne Republicans
and seven Democrats. The proposition %
bond the city for electric light t0@0rs az
overwhelmingly defeated The result GA the
state aad city tickets l. gwen D. wards M
the following tsbies the names ~ tue he
publican candidates appearing nr-t
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07

sl.sksle1 u.ssaFlty a. Allsfa-aD. q
4 D,ssrssf hefs - 81 j lesa. lisal- :.
8BE Dez1is g. Caiabsa I1d - De
0rasss elaualty, IA -Collsetor. AeEr5
Hoeksslaa aep.h ~; ). b. Bollad lad y.
~ heszrensa's naa5orilgs slz \. a.
A seas Reg. j. re-el-etsd eo1sstsbl - .
plurality ~ its
seo.na Aard X B. Lo.snls kef. r
reelected Supervisor - a majority ~ l~a
ala Az CFsqse kep. l. re-sleetsd b 4
majority There 49, 40 opposition -
glIles y alr tof Collselor. and A. \. BseoH is
re-elecss,i Conslable - ~ majority.
Third Ward -Iohn BelgaHln KEEP. l. re-
elected sapsrsisor D. 4ls majority. J. u
STANLEY Rep. II elected Alcaruan hf 81
malofity. Collector js@eu 4 re- .ecls d.
4n1 IS ~ Thomas II C0nsla1ie.
Fourtb 9ard- H. II Ives + supsryisor -
large majority For Alderman Ed NJ.
Barnard Rep. zss. I'd % Doa1sl, Dem.
81 Hugo Iham. Ind 45a Thums ma
ionty, - 10 opposition 10 Cha-- A. Robin
son fs.r Collecto ID. l. Arnold : .ee "a
Constable
Fifth Nard-A. l. Skinner l. re elected
Supersi-or. Alderman. Eugene Richmond,
Rep. "a; John Shanahsn, DEM z5l'
Daniel NieFger, Nat l56 Richmond
majority. IS. Collector, Enos Page; Con
stable j. c. Sparks.
Sixth Ward Supervisor. Peter G. Shick
ell Rep. i25; majority Alderman. Isaiah
Stewart Deml 5 majority Collector, X.
Mulder, DEM, II majority; Constable,
Timothy liam Rep, 81 majority.
Seventh Supervisor Schermerhorn
Dem is reelected by 81 majority; John
c. Hayward lGbk. l. Alderman by ~ ma
iority over John G. Christensen Rep.
Collector Lemon and Constable Masten-
brook are reelected by large nnajOrities the
latter running on both tickets.
Eighth Ward-No opposition. James \.
DAVIS. Dem.) for supervisor. For Alder
man, Adrian Yates. Rep. ~; Geo. l..
Doan, lGb'kl ~; Doan's majority, 70. Col
lecsoE Binmrich Is reelected. an j. G. Han
nett. Dem. has y6 majority for Constable
The Prohibition vote l. not nearly 20 large
as It was last fali-prObably not more than
2lO Ia the city.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07

Miss Kate Bau j. visiting friends in New
York.
Mss Louise Parrish has returned from a
week visit nj Anu Ar0or.
Mr.. +. A. Gassette ~ confined To her
rooms with very severe cold
Hsber A. Knott. of Cleveland. - shaking
hands with friends about the city.
Miss Lulu Wooster isft for Chicago yes
ieriay. 10 atttud the musical festival.
Willis B. Perkins. Prosecuting Attorney Of
kaikaski8 County. was in the city yesterday.
T. ~ Squisr. travelling agent for the Hi
nois Central railroad. has resigned hls posi-
uoD.
Mrs. r. T. Campau and Miss Marie Jtley
have gone to CHICAGO I'd attend the musical
festival
Mrs. Edna Chafae Noble will be the guest
81 Miss Lizzie Hanchett. 81 iatirave street.
xhiie in the city.
g. S. Ganson. of Big Rapids. Wa m the
aty last night eu route for Detroit whore
he WiN spent few days
Mis- Minnie Wallace. formerly Of this
.ity and Nr. McKelp. Of Nuskex0n. we're
married 81 Grand Haven yesterday.
Rev E B Eexford. ID. d.. of Detroit. and
Rev Chaa Fiahrer of this city, left for
Chicago yesterday to spend a few days there
ia each others company.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07

ssbserlLe ior ias lsLssAAA.
Common Coaa,ll gaeellus ~ ulght.
Parasols hsgsn ID hio--om la lais sity
yesterday
E.ina Chafse Aabls at the unisersalist
ilurcn Lnls evening
PLENTY 90 sueasrs la the riger. fe& ~
ihem are being eaa-ut
The tlakst s..le- az -ae byidgs Street depot
i1r Mach aggregated e.. luo.
The Grand 0psra Club cahco ball a. the
i9nla stteet Afmory 1o algnt.
The oharchas kaFe changed ihe ume for
afe1l1. services iroul e. ciocS a. -.
Custer GUARD reception aud ball 70 NOR
e0s al sill a. lno krinory "a Front street.
The Mlehlzan lron NorA. easement Is
Hooded tla a portable engine - being used
~ r1u lhe machinery
Mang D. Lewis slip. Eere upon Prohibit
li0a ticket in fho First ard There -
consistency for gou.
There ~il o. a regular meeting Of Custer
Post. q. H.. al the ball la the Pierce
block to-iuorrus evening
since the s-iahUshl4~nt Of ST. Marks
dome la 1853 over 100 patients and poor
people have been cared for
Mss. L0A.as. tle German woman Who lost
her ticket f0r io0a falls. last " Wednesday,
- AAAN N-AANA -t I.'Ar 'H.+Af-tt - f--rt t--rNf
yesterday.
Mr.. Edna Chaffse Noble, of Detroit, a
charming eiocutionlst and reader, vii glve
an entertainment st the tnlversallst Church
thls evening.
M.ss Marte and sadie McArtkes, who
have been IA the cIly visiting their sister
aud brother iu laN. 40 "a Prospect street,
rotarned % lheis home ia saginaw yestefday
There we're about SIXTY people At she ' e.
social Club Ounce at the Metropolitan ttali
lat night Al had e pleasant time. This
s the lat dance the club will siye this sea
sOn-
The Berkey e Gay furniture company,
has received TIE contract for furnishing a
large hotel Vhlch g. being built IA Mime
spolis The RAJ nltnre viil co7t about 50,
60.
Il i reported bat noI officially. that IN
.tead of v0tisg for or against the electric
hight proposition. citizens Ut the First Ward
voted Eve Nant water works. and For
glue factory in our midst. No.
Dr. Vsenboer has Just returaed from New
NORA where b. tOok post graduate course
at thr Polytechnic. aud alsO delivered course
of lectures On Hygiene at the fhysio- Medical
College 90 lndlaaa daring biz absence.
Or e. k0on. ~ Cisnosia. brought a large
imperial English eagle to the city yesterday,
Nhich measured ft. Z iu. from tip 10 TAP of
sing The doctor shot the rare specimen
asar Casuovia. and Intends to have 70
mounted
Dr. J d. Peters. the occulist. has moved
hi- office % Kalamazoo, where be viii es tab
lish hiGself ll business. The doctor owns
property no PlunRell and MAKES the change
of iosation Oni, that he may give nIs pos
.essIons personal attention. tie has been
.uccess fil here, and deserves much success
IA his new 6eld.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07
---THE--
BOSTON STORE.

We have just received a large invoice
Of Domestic Goods purchased by the
eastern syndicate of Hislop, Porteous 4
Mitchell The goods have been opened
and We place on sale today, the following
extraordinary bargains:
Dress Sateens, II lie per yard.
Prints, Sc; Standards LIE and &c.
A Brown Cotton, lsc, &c, &c, and 7c
extra value.
Extraordinary value in Table Linens
at l2ls II, II, and 20c per yard Higher
grades proportionately cheap.
Turkey Red Damask 22c, 3715c, 45c and
5Oc.
Cretonnes, l5c per yard, extraordinary
cheap.
Turkish Bath Towels, new patterns,
large size, DC, these are worth 81 Sc
Indigo Prints, best, 81 and 7c
Crash Towlings from &c per yard up.
Already we are praised by all for the
fine selection and extraordinary value Of
our Dress Goods. We offer the finest
line of Plaid Goods to be seen in the
city.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07

The Waite Comedy Company began their
second week sDgagemeut IN this sity last
night AZ Re,lnond= Ofrsnd IN that hsGghahie
spuip.iv Shadows of q ldfe. The follow
ing'is fheir -eportorie for the remainder II
ihe week Tuesday. "kosedae Nednes-
has. eConfrziou. Thnrslay Carrots. the
Wsif Friday "Inshav0grle. Saturday,
The French spy saturday matinee.
'Widox Bedott The company Il giving
y,o,i satisfaction and with the iow prices
charged FOR admission shoaid draw lar<e
h.tsraaa
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07
The Largest Dealers in the World.

The Largest Dealers an the Worio.
In our brief mentions of the various bust
nt.-s.-- houses and interests of this city, We
cannot we'll afford TO omit the we'll known
and reliable music house of ". W. klmball
X Co. of Chicago, Illinois, with branch
house located ia Redmond's Opera House
block. this city. Ii il now over thirty years
since the firm commenced business IN Chi
cagO, and they are without doubt the largest
dealers IN musical instruments in the world.
and for square and honorable dealings, their
name l. legion. The goods represented 10y
them are of excellent quality, and their
wonderful success lies wholly IN this, and
their square and honorable dealings with
everyone.
Among the pianos handled 10y this firm
are the world renowned Chickerlng, uailett
K Davis. Emerson and kimball. They are
also manufacturers of the justly celebrated
". ". kimball * Co. Organ, that II having
20 large a sale IN this vicinity.
The management IN tins city has been
placed with Mr.. d. j. Brooks who has been
with and represented the house As general
travelling agent for the past twenty years.
Mr.. Brooks l. thoroughly posted III hls bus
mess. and l. a very pleasant gentleman TO
deal with. and during his short residence
here has made many friends, ana last but
not least. Mr. Brooks Is IN full accord with
the firm which ne represents, believing that
the only true way 10 retain a good and re-
liable business, Is to deal with everyone in a
square and honorable manner.
The branch in this city will, on or about
he 18th of the present month. be removed
from its present location to No. ~ Monroe
street, into the store now occupied by &.
Buckley
The store will be nicely fitted up. and Is
one Of the best locations for a music house
10 be found IN the city, and from present in
dications this will be one of the leading
hOuseS-The Times.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07

We offer two special makes of Black
Silks "A inches wide at S1.0O and Sl.25,
imported expressly by our eastern syndi-
cate, which we guarantee by special
arrangement with the manufacturers,
extra value in Colored Silks. We also
offer two case lots OF Crochet Bed Spreads
at 81 and 75c each, excellent value.
Everything exactly as represented and
we only advertise such goods as we have
quantities Of 1t will pay every lady to
inspect our stock before purchasing
elsewhere Inspection solicited.