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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14
WINTER IN THE NORTH.

What Cold Weather in Manitoba Means,
According to a Woman's Experience.
And this brings me to speak about
my experience of the climate of Mani
toba. The variations of temperature
are very great. | have seen the Their
mometer stand at 1859 inside a tent
in summer, and at $50 below zero, or
900 below freezing point, outside the
house in winter. Such Arctic cold
would be uncomfortable if the air were
not so wonderfully dry and clear-and
often very still-that it does not seem
half as cold as it really is. Then the
changes OF weather are not generally
very sudden; the heat and cold are very
regular, and in mid-seasons the Their
mometer does not f1uctuate much.
Perhaps few homely details may
best serve to illustrate what winter in
Manitoba means. The snow outside
our house is from six to ten feet deep
from November to April. Moccasins,
made by Indians of moose-skin, are
used instead of shoes to cover the feet,
which are first cased in several pairs OF
stockings.
We were forced to melt snow for all
the water we used last winter The
cold is so intense that when melted snow
water is poured from the boiler into 8
pail, and taken at once across to the
stable, the ice on it frequently has to be
broken with stick before the cattle car
drink. 1t is rather common sight tc
see people partly frozen. The part
affected turns as white as marble, and
loses all feeling. Unless you see your
self in glass, OF are told OF it. you are
not conscious of being frozen. In this
plight it is best not to go near fire, as
sudden thawing is very painful. People
generally try friction, rubbing them
selves with snow, or better still, par.
affine oil. Occasionally. when one is
frozen and far from help, the part
frozen, if an extremity, will snap off
Last year man living about thirty
miles from lis was told that his ear was
frozen; he put up his hand to feel, and
the ear dropped off in his hand. Limbs
sometimes have to be amputated from
severe frost bites. My kittens ears
froze and broke off last winter, and q
neighbours pony lost ears in the same
way.
Twas surprised when / first found the
mustard freeze in my n1ustard-pot
which stood foot from the kitchen
stovepipe and two feet above the stove
where there was a blazing fire all day
and every day through the winter. YET
the mustard froze between every meal
Bread froze if left for half an hour in q
room without fire.
Such stories must sound almost in
credible except to those who, like my.
self, have Witnessed the facts, though,
of course, only in the most severe
weather.
Winter is, of course, not equally
severe throughout. Part of my descrip-
ton applies only to its colder half. Bur
to a woman the most trying part OF q
winter in Manitoba is not its severity
for you live in warm house--but its
length. Snow lay on the ground last
season for six months and . half. and
the great lakes were frozen for the same
period. Cor. Philadelphia Press
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14
An Accommodating Friend.

A desperate named Charlie Fee, who
had murdered friend in cold blood al
Brackettsville, Texas, was pursued by
the Sheriff, overtaken, and captured
after desperate resistance. After his
arrest he became quite sociable, and
the Sheriff asked him why he murdered
his visitor in his sleep.
II did it as matter Of accommoda-
tion," replied Fee calmly.
s'As a matter of accommodations
Eyes; had often heard the deceased
say when he was alive that he dreaded
a lingering death, and that he wanted
to die unexpectedly. - Teras S.ftsags.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14

"A Methodist elder of Fort Worth,
Tex, recently whipped bully, and the
Methodist Of that town thus appreci-
atively describes the incident: 1.-The
elder took him one square blow between
the lockers without stopping his pace,
and it took twelve rowdies, three dip
pers of water and two quarts of whisky
TO revive the patient and get him off the
grounds.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14

There have been u. 576. 724 acres Of
land granted 1.-THE interest Of educa-
tion. = Washinatox Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14

"A grandfather, son and grandson
were rounded up by the authorities in
their descent upon Cherokee gambling
Dire. Denver Tribune
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14

! The University Of Virginia has no
prescribed course Of study, no entrance
examination, no vacation except the
summer one, and but six holidays.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

of the death OF both President and
Vice President thus provides as to
succession:
'Section lag. In case of removal, death,
resignation or inability of both the President
and ce-President of the United States, thu.
President of the Senate, or, if there is none,
then the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, for the time being, shall act as President
until the disability is removed or a President
| elected.
"Section 147. Whenever the office of Presi-
dent and Vice President both become vacant
the Secretary of State shall forthwith cause a
notification thereof to be made to the Execu-
tive of every State, and shall cause the same to
be published in at least one of the newspapers
printed in each State.
"Sectiou lab. The notification shall srecify
that the Elector of a President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States shall be appointed
or chosen in the several States as follows:
81. If there shall be the space of two months
vet to ensue between the date of such Motif
cation and the first Wednesday in December
I then next enSuring, such notification shall
specify that the Electors shall be appointed or
chosen within thirty-four days proceeding
such first Wednesday in December.
80. If there shall not be the space of two
months between the date of such notification
and such first Wednesday in December, and if
the term for which the President and Vice.
Presidentlas in office were elected will not ex-
pire on the Sd day of March next ensuing, the
notification shall be appointed or chosen with
in thirtv-four days preceding the first We'd
nesdav in December in the year next ensuing
But if there shall not be the space of two
months between the date of such notification
and the first Wednesday in December then
next ensuing, and if the term for which the
President and Vice-President last in Office were
elected will expire on the Sd day of March next
ensuing. the notification shall not specify that
Electors are TO be appointed or chosen"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

The Cleveland Press says: One
reason why John Sherna should
be reelected Senator is because he
invented the scheme whereby in
1873 800, Oo0,O 600 of Al %, 20-years,
bonds were sold to purchase $780,
100000 of gold to be kept in the
treasury for the redemption of
greenbacks which Congress has de
clared shall not be redeemed
but shall be re-issued as fast as re-
ceived. By the time these bonds be-
come due, $9O,OOO,O00 in interest
will have been paid on the $780,
100000 gold fund lying idle in the
treasury for all that time: Not one
dollar of the $1O0,000,000 gold fund
will ever have been used, and the
$90,000,000 in interest might just
as well have been thrown into the
Potomac. 1t took a great head to
get up that scheme, and the head
was John Sherman's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

A correspondent writing of the
three Americas exposition at New
Orleans says the board of state and
territorial commissioners have sent
to the governors of their respective
constituencies a brief and exceed
ingly well written address, setting
forth the healthy and satisfactory
condition of the exposition, its very
valuable features for the purposes
of comparing the natural and man
ufactured products of the entire con-
t%inent, and the rare opportunity it
offers for bringing together the
leading men of the ''three Ameri-
Gas" to agree upon a sound active
renum ,rative system of state and
interstate commerce. The board
concludes by urging upon the gov
errors to urge upon their people
"the Importance of visiting this ex-
position, and, by their presence, tes-
tify to their appreciation of this In
ter-American commercial enter
prise"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Hon. John w. Bookwalter, one of
the leading manufacturers of the
country recently said to a newspa-
per correspondent in New York:
81 am going to Washington forno
other purpose than to labor with
Carlisle and Morrison upon the ne
cessity of tariff reform. Ifthere is
not soon a radical change the bust
ness of the world which the United
States oughtto have will drift aw: y
from us. 1t is the height of folly
for the democrats to further hest
tate. 1 was in favor at Chicago of a
free trade plank. 1 would have BEN
better for the democratic party to
have planted itself squarely on this
issue and met defeat rather than
had no policy upon the subject. Ii
the democrats in congress now put
themselves in an attitude of unre-
lenting hostility to the iniquitous
tariff, the party IA maintain ma
tional supremacy for many years
to come, because the men of bust
ness sense will solidly array them
selves with it."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Samuel J. Til len set a good ex-
ample on election day in New York
Eight years ago he vas pronounced
a paralytic with only a few months
of life before him. Ever since that
time the daily newspapers have
him every few months or the verge
of the grave. Yet on the morning
of the election he drove from Grey
stone to the polls at Yonkers, and
voted by eight o'clock in the morn
ing; and he not only voted but he
watched carefully that all the bal,
lots were placed in the proper box
es. Tilden is a Democrat whom the
young men of this country should
take as a model.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03
The Circuit Court of Hamilton

The Circuit Court of Hamilton
county decided the m%andamus cas-
es, as Democrats generally antici-
pated, in favor of the Republican
candidates. 1t is simply partisan
performance and a political out
rage. Judge Smith, the ablest of the
three judges sitting in the case, and
a Republican too, give an opinion
against the applicants and sustains
the plain principles of the law. By
the rule of his decision the clerk
proceeded properly in the canvass
Of the returns, and should issue GER
t:ficates of election to the four Dem
ocratic Senators who have been
elected. Then if the Republicans
think they have a case and can
show that injustice has been done
they can contest the seats in the
Senate, the only place where any
contest can properly be made. The
courts have no business to mcddlt
in the matter, but if the Circuit
Court can decide in the cases, Their
of course the Supreme Court has 6
right to pass on them, and will dc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Dave Mouatt, that distinguished
Republican statesman, late of the
1906" Grant "Old Guard" recently
released from the Pennsylvania
penitentiary, where he was sent for
curry fixing" and ballot-box stuff
fling; and whom the Republicans of
the Fifth Ward of Philadelphia
"vindicated" at the recent election
by electing him to the Common
Council, is likely to have some
trouble in the consummation ofthe
vindication. Members ofthe Coun-
Gil declare he shall not be seated as
a member. There is likely to be
some fun about the time he presents
himself to take the office.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

According to the Freeman, the
New York colored organ, the color
ed people are quite well satisfied
with the administration. It finds
that of the 1000 colored men in
subordinate Federal positions
throughout the country, not 2 90
have been removed of. the 1000
colored employees and clerks in the
departments at Washington, not 1
ca have been removed; of the five
colored men holding important Of
fees at Washington only one has
been superseded bruce by Gener-
al Rosecrans,) and of the three col
ored men holding diplomatic and
consular positions under the Re
publican administration two have
been succeeded by colored men
and one holds over.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

The Republican State Committee
of New York in an address to the
Republican voters of that state
treads closely upon Democratic
ideas and slaps Sherman in the face
in the following passage:
"We regret that Senatorial lead
ers and platform makers still en-
lcavor to face the Republican party
backward to dead issues, and cheat
themselves with the belief that the
body of the voters are as deaf and
blind and crablike as themselves.
The people still have memories.
They recall that few men have been
more responsible than Senator Lo-
yan, Sherman and Hoar for the
southern policy which they now
leclare a failure. They recall ALI
ance with Malone and they read
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Grover Cleveland has been Presi-
dent for nine months, and during
that time the wheels of industry
have everywhere begun to hum,
business generally is prosperous
and securities ofvarious kinds have
risen in value from % to 80 per
cent. 1t will be remembered that
Republican statesmen before Mr..
Cleveland was elected, predicted
1uite a different state of affairs in
case he should be elected. We mere
ly mention this as a pointer. Re
publican statesmen, either through
Ignorance or perversity, say very
untruthful things when they think
their party interests may be pro-
NOTED thereby.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03
A New York correspondent saws

A New York correspondent says
the questions raised by the decease
of Vice President Hendricks con-
tinues to be widely discussed. At
this time there is no president of
the Senate or Speaker of the House
of Representatives. Vice President
Hendricks presided yer the extra
, or special session heldin the Spring
for the confirmation of President
Cleveland's nominations. The Sen
ate adjourned without choosing any
President pro tempore to preside in
the absence of the Vice President.
The term of the present house of
representatives began on the 4th OF
March last, and there has been no
session of hat body as yet, so that
no Speaker has been chosen. Both
officers will be elected at the open
ing of the regular session of con-
gress in December. In an interview,
Senator Evarts, whose ability as a
lawyer are known everywhere says
at has been my opinion that tie
present law was unconstitutional
and l so contended in the impeach.
ment trial of President Johnson. In
the first place, the constitution does
not give to Congress the right tt
declare who shall be in the line o
succession, but only what office
shall fill the vacancy, and moreover
it forbids member of congress from
holding any Office under the gov
eminent. But of course there was 6
great deal of uncertainty about tn
matter when it was under discuss
ion originally" Mr.. Evarts say
that a bill preserving the success
sion from the Secretary of Stat
down through the cabinet, wouldb
constitutional"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

The next General Assembly Tor
Legislature, as it is commonly call
ed of Ohio will meet, as fixed by
the State Constitution, on the first
Monday in January. The State
Constitution provides that the Pres
ident Of the Senate, during the first
week of the session, shall open the
returns of the e,ec.ion for State of
ficers AID declare the result in the
presence Of both houses of the Gen
eral Assembly. Thereupon the new
Governor (Foraker), the new Lieut..
Governor (Kennedy), andthe other
new State officers elect will be in
ducted into their positions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

that it is the Republicans in Vir-
ginia which proposes pensions to
soldiers who fought against the
Union. They see that nowhere has
the Democratic sentiment in sup
port of the Presidents reforms been
more intelligent and active than in
the Southern press, and that the
colored people under a Democratic
administration, are making stead
fast political progress. They find
that the administration has passed
from one great party to the other
without shock to the business i'll
terests or curtailment of political
rights"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Jeremiah Cleveland, an uncle of
the President, used to make "Cleve-
land clocks"in Batavia, O. James
R. Wallace of Milford, Mass, has a
clock, repaired by old Jerry Cleve-
land, which was brought from Ep-
ping N. H. 1t had been in the Nor
ris family 1856 years, and during
the French and Indian war two
babies were hid in its case during
the Indian attack on the cabin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

The Supreme Court of Iowa has
decided in an important case, that
no cityofthat State has a legal right
to license or permit any person to
sell any wares or merchandise on
the pavemcnts or streets in front of
the place of business of another per-
son. The court held that the stree.
in front of a business man'splace Of
selling goods is an appurtcnance to
the lot upon which the store is stu
ated, and that such street may be
held for his business by him against
all others, he possessing all rights
except the n accorded to all, viz,
the right to travel thereon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

In the death of Vice Presiden

In the death of Vice President
HENDRICKS passed away n of the
best known public men of his day,
and takes from ourranks one of the
brightest men of the present gem
Grafton, and it is certaily no dis
paragement to any other member to
say that he was the ablest rcprcsen-
tative of our party. His personal
Integrity was never for a moment
doubted, and his, popularity was
the natural result which alwaysfol-
lows a devoted life to the peoples
interests. He was broad and liberal
in his views and secured the esteem
and confidence of his people by de-
serving it. In the language ofJohn-
son che touched nothing which he
did not adorn." He was always
faithful to duty /; he labored as one
having a trust given him and was
always happiest in the execution of
that trust. He believed with Chas.
Sumner, that Eve mustnot fold our
hands in slumber, nor abide con-
tent with the past. To each gener-
alton is committedits pe~culiartask,
nor does the heart which responds
to the call of duty find rest except
in the grave"
His funeral obsequies took place
at Indianapolis on Tuesday last,
and in the presence of thousands o
mourning friends, loving hands laid
him tenderly to rest. The voice
which SO often charmed uswith its
eloquence is hushed in the silence
of the tomb. His seat in the halls
of the Nation is vacant and cover
ed with the emblem of death. His
life is written in the history of his
country. No newspaper eulogy is
needed to perpetuate his memory.
The record of his good deeds and
thoughts will be woven into chap:
let's of flowers and placed upon his
grave to keep itin perpetual bloom
He has gone and twill only be re-
G
membered by what he has done
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03
The prohibitionists carried At.

The prohibitionists carried At
lanta and Fulton county, Georgia,
by a majority of 226 on atotal vote
of about 7,o00l The city went
against it 327. The anti-Prohibi-
tionists talk of contesting the cleo
ton. The color line was completely
wiped outin the contest, whites and
blacks were founl fighting should
er to shoulder in the struggle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Massachusetts, once the foremost
Of States, is on the decline. A re-
cent census of that State exhibits a
small increase in population, but
shows that the increase is chiefly
in the manufacturing c%enters, and
very small in the rural districts.
The cities make an increase of II
per cent. and over, whilet the coun-
Try districts make only about 8 per
,ent. growth. The agricultural in
terest in. the state is in a condition
of decline; the farming class is
lwindling to insignifcance, and the
''embattled farmers" who played SO
conspicuous a part in the revolution
a hundred years ago have disap-
peared. Manufacturing has swallow
ed agriculture, s slipping and fishing
and the growth of mills and facto-
RES is at the %expense-of abandoned
farms and deserted homesteads il
the rural districts, and of destroyed
shipyards on the coast. The indie.
pendent, sturdy yeomanry, which
once constituted so important ar
element in the population, has vel
nigh ceased to exist.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Gov. Hoadly in reply to a Cleve-
land Plain Dealer reporter who ask
ed him why he did not mention
the name of God in his Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation, said; "The point
in question is one that illustrates
not the personal views of an official,
but the spirit of our institutions.
Look at the record of our treaty
with Tunis signed by Washington
and you will find that it vas in
conformity with the principle that
this should be a free country in
matters of worship. In the oath
administered by the Chief Justice
to the President of the United
States the name of God was pur-
posely omitted. The founders of
this Government wanted it free for
the Jew or the Gentle, the infidel
and the worshiper, and they framed
this oath in accordance with that
idea. l have no right to command
the people of this State to worship
God on a certain day"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Billbickham of the Dayton Jour
nal, made an ass of himself and ex-
hibited his party bigotry and little
ness of soul, by an abusive article
on the death of Vice President Hen
bricks. Alta meeting of the citizens
of Dayton, in regard to the death
of Mr.. Hendricks, Bickham was
very severely denounced in a reso-
luton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Blaine pulled ConSling down,
Conkling pulled Blaine down.
Their race is run. 1t is a we'll de-
veloped example of mans ambition
and jealousy; a repetition of poll
teal history.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

The Senate is the Judge of the
election and qualification of its
members, and that body will not
receive the certificate of election
fromany other than the authorities
provided by law. So, whatever
methods may be resorted to by the
republicans to carry out their
scheme, the contest must finally
be settled in the senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

John L. Sullivan, thepugilist, has
signed a contract with John Con-
non, ofNew York City, under whose
management he agrees to make a
tour to Europe and Australia next
year. He agrees to meet any man
who may be brought against him,
at any time, under any circumstan-
ces, with or without gloves, and I'M
der any rules.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

Hon. John G. Carlisle, will be re-
elected Speaker of the new Con-
gress, without opposition. John. P.
Leedom, Sergeant-at-Arms, will
have some opposition, as there are
two or three prominent Democrats
mentioned for that position. The
remaining officers Of the last House,
will, it is thought, be unanimously
reelected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

The proper thing for the U. S.
Senate to do would be "rise up
above party and elect a Democratic
Vice President out of its body. The
people willed that a Democrat
should be Vice President and it
ought to be so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

1t was a quarter of a centurylast
Thursday since a Democrat sat
down to a Thanksgiving dinner, in
pursuance to a Democratic presi-
Dental proclamation. They ought,
and no doubt most were thankful
that they have lived to SEE the return
of power under their own vine and
fig tree.