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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20
Major z. A. Burke, Of the New Orleans
Times Democrat, who is in Washington, h as

Major z. A. Burke, Of the New Orleans
Times Democrat, who is in Washington, has
made a startling discovery in the regula-
tions adopted Ivy the Civil Service Com
mission. The clause to which be objects
in behalf OF the Southern soldiers, provides
that no person shall be permitted TO
make application for a clerical position IN
the Postoffice Department who Is over 35
years Of age, and no person shall be per
mitted to make application for position
in the Treasury Department who is over
As, unless in either case he applicant may
chance to have been nm lonorably dis
charged Union soldier or sailor. As the
average age Of enlistment IN the Confedsr--
ate Amy WAS from Is TO 20 yeara. Major
Burke claims that this regulation will
disfranchse every ex-Confedsrate. When
asked what they we're going 10 do about il.
Ne esid.
"Thafs the point. If these rules are 10
be rigidly enforced we shall demand a
re-examinatlon under tho civil service
system OF all the FEEDER al officials who now
hold Office IN the South II you take even
hasty glance at the civil service require
ments you will see that very few Of the
persons now holding ofiee eeula TO re-
appointed under any each candiiiens
There "a probably not oae twentieth part
OF those Ia Office who could pass an ex
animation under the civil service sysiemI"
This rebsliiog sgaiast what ought to he
lie best Government the. .an has evsi
shown upon. anixss hings up badly. do,'i
itf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

We have watched with much anxiety
for the sounding of the key note of the
new administration, and at last we have Il.
The following extract shows the attitude
Of its leaders.
'ln the administration OF a government
pledged TO do equal and exact justice to all men
there should be no prctcxt for anxiety touching
the protection of the freedmen in their rights,
or their security In the enjoyment of their priv.
ileges under the constitution and It's amend.
the position accorded to them as American
citizens Is idle and Improbable, except as Il
suggests the necessity for their improvement.
The fact that they are citizens entities them TO
all the rights due to that relation and charges
sibllitics.
These topics and the constant and ever vary.
ing wants of an active and enterprising popula-
tion may receive the attention and the patriotic
endeayor OF all who make and execute the gen
eral law"
These are pledges made by Presiden,
Cleveland on taking the oath Of Office us
President Of the United States. That
they nre patriotic In sentiment no one can
doubt; but that those sentiments exressed
by the chief executive OF tho nation will
be the desires of his party is another. We
were never under any fear that the Negro
would lose much by change of admins
tralion, and it's a pleasure 10 us to record
the fact that President Cleveiand's desire
| IL to enforce the the constitution OF the
land in which we live, and he patriotic
ally says, shat there should be no prete 1t
for anxiety among them" Now we desire
to see his party step forward upon the
same plane Of equal rights ns it's lsader
aud accord to the Negro the rights of q
freeman and an American citizen that he
is entitled TO. Mr.. Cleveland also says
that the tact that the Negro is a either
etille him TO those rights why not accord
to him then the rights that he is entitled
10 under the laws of the land in which h,
lives, and away with these discrimination
OH account of cast and color. In the out
start we stated that this is the key note o
the new administration. The ont look il
bright for the Negro. The Sentinel is OF
the wall. But perform your duty MS men
and all will be well.
The above is copied from The Savanna
Echo. owned, edited and published b.
colored men at Savannah, Georgia, and
given our readers asa reflection of til
sentiment OF the more intelligent colore
people of the South. The Eche, wit
which we have exchanged regularly sine
our visit to Savannah and Florida tw
years ago, is an independant Republica
paper, fearless and outspoken in condemI
ing wrong in either party.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The roller skate dates its origin from
1861, when New York furniture dealer
named Plympton invented it and procured
u patent OH ii for II years. Two yenrs ago
last May The patent OH the first skate ex-
pired, and since then manufactures have
been starled mp In every part Of the Union,
Richmond, Indiana, alone having l3. The
ak eating mania has reached nearly every
town IN the United States, about 10000
r,nks having been built within the past
two years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

II 10 claimed that county affairs in
Hancock have been badly managed. In
one instance $500 was paid for about ten
days work. These things now come TO
hght because a couple Of Republican off,
GERS were. elected last fali. Lima Gazette.
We do things different sssr in Wood
county. When the people have been rob
bed for years and burdened with taxation
until they can bear it no longer, a suffi-
eisnt number drop their political prefer
snces and elect two commissioners 10 In
xssiigate and reform this un-civn ser
vice Of tie 6ossss--asd tliis, too, over
the combined efforts asd infuencs oil
plotting demaEogses in both political
psrtieA What have these refornners doDsi
They made fsin, showing at reform foi
few months, but when anytiiag OF any
moment would come up they would be
divided and one would vote with the ring
svery time. For the past few HaOa,Ls We
neither see nor hear oi any efforts to cor.
rect existing evils, bat ON the contrary
haze evidence that they have stuck their
fsgess In the pie, joiaed the new combina'
aion, which we can only interpret az
sseanipg Plundsr. only.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

1t must require no small amount oi
moral courage to resist the horde OF Office
seekers who throng about the White
House and press their claims upon The
President at each change OF Administra-
tiOn through the various channels in
which ks ia to be reached. Just now
President Cleveland fnds an excellent
shield ia the Civil Service Reform law,
1t il recorded upon the Statutes and it ia
his sworn duty to see that it is obsyed
He seems to be making an honest endeav-
or to establish the fact that he Iully COM
Rrshends the nature Of an oath of Office
This is a very important feature in the
present generation Of the nineteenth
Ceutury-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

II we remember correctly Henry Ward
Bsecher was one Of the three silver tongued
orators sent 10 deliver lectures in England
10 enhghten the people of that country
upon the true Issues between the North
and South during the rebellion. Their
aission was a success. The mass OF the
people of that country sympathized with
the North, while the Government symla-
thiEed with and rendered aid to the South.
Henry Ward is now II missionary in the
South and il is announced that he will
preach in Atlanta next Sabbath. How
things have changed!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Postmaster General Villas told Congress
man Wellborn, OF Texas, when lie asked TO
have a Postmaster appointed, that the
Republican incumbent would not be re.
moved until the end Of his term, and said
that only in one way could any officer be
removed who holds Office fer four-year
term, and that is by filing, in due form,
written charges, showing that either lie bns
msmanagsd his position or else has used
it in partisan way, and that the charges
must be sustained by proof. II all the
departments adopt this rule the great
Toledo triumvirale. Bowling, Kumler and
Battelle, are likely to hold the tort for
some time Sunday Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The EnglIsh press seem nstonished to
th,uk American Presi dents can drop back
into the every dny walks and business life
after retiring from the highest station in
the gift of the people. II they would
allow their minds TO wander back for
twenty years and survey an army of hun
dreds Of thousands Of men fading away
from five ysars' strife into the quiet
walks and various occupations of civil
life, their amazement would be still great
er. On the announcement that Chester A
Arthur Is to resume the practice of law in
New York. The Liverpool Posi- echoes their
astonsl,meHt thus: "This IL better than
CincInnnins and his plough, and wilh
nothing like the fuss. That an able and
successful solicitor should make himaelf
active in party politics, and receiving tte
Office OF Vice President as his rewar d,
should, on the desth Of his chief, succeed
to the supreme direction OF affairs has in IL
little dat is surprising But that, having
presided over the destinies OF fify-seven
million people, he should quietly resume
work at his desk, is a startling turn OF
affairs, and possible only in the United
States"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Congress at its last session failed, for
wonder, TO make any appropriation fer
rivers and harbors. But as about So ,000-
900 of last years appropriation remains
unexpended, there will be good grabbing
for contractors for some time yet. A
"sundry civil act" was pa ssed, however,
which nppropriutes Sc, ,467.4z for II
completion Of the Custom House at Toledo.
This with the S25,O00 appropriated last
year for straight channel, besides what
the State 10 doiag ia appropriations for the
asylum. will keep Toledo's head above the
ice for at least another season.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

At least two OF tl,e Chicago ballot-box
suffers are likely to get their deserts, in
part, at least. Joseph G. Mackin and Wm.
Gallagher have each been sentenced to two
yesrs imprisonment and to pay s. 200 fine
each, after denial by the court Of a motion
for new trial. An attempt is yet con-
tsnpiated by their friends to ge4 their case
reviewed, but it is hoped this will fail
Glesson's ease is yet 70 be disposed Of
The Citizens Committee Of Eighty, ap-
pointed to assist in prosecuting these
frauds on the ballot.box, and upon hu-
manity, have in effect permanently organA
iLsd by appointing committee Of fifty on
"Public Sanity" II we remember correct
ly the committee in New York that assist.
ed in busting the Tweed gang, consisted Of
seventy
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The "shadow" reflected on tho p,ges OF
the Sentincl this week, when deciphered
between the linas, is to the effect that the
linguist is unable TO 60 to the telephone
and says he hasn't time for further in.
vestigation regarding our sex. Having
investigated SO frequently in the past,
and found to the contrary every time
the numerous editors of that paper mus
lie afflicted with short memory to repeal
tile charge that We belong to the aged
feminine gender.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

In lie exciting days Of March, 1861,
when President elect Abraham lincoln
was compelled to reach the Capital in
disguise 10 prevent assassination, he was
besieged by effice.seekers on every hand
until he was caused to exclaim, 81 seem TO
be sitting in one end Of great temple i'm
portuned to let apartments, while the ten-
pie is fiercely burning at the other end"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20
Cleveland as n Man or Destiny.

1t is done, Grover Cleveland, lawyer
sheriff, executioner. mayor. Hovernor, il
President of the United States. His
phenomenally good fortune, like faithful
servant, followed him To the last. It gave
him the brightest, most beautiful and
pleasant day OF the year. 1t directed every
Arrangement to successful end. 1t lifted
him from the Arlington hotel as private
citizen to the Capitol at o'clock, and
thence to The White House az chief ex-
ecntlve two hours later IL gave him
courage and all favor ambition could ask.
Truly il seems that he is a man Of destiny.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

ur. VIM. Thsmas, Of Newton, Ia. says
Ny wife has been seriously affected with a
cough for twenty-five years. aud ihis spring
more severely than ever before. She had used
many remedies without telief. and being srged
TO try DR.. Kings New Discas ery, did SO, with
mont gratifying sesnlts. The hrst bottle 70.
lisyed her very mach. aud the secoud bottle
has absolutely cared her. She has DOT had se
good health for thirty years"
Trial Bottles Free at Taylor e. Miiler's Drug
Store. Large lize 81 90.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20
ERRORS or YOUTH

and MANHOOD. One WHO has suffered all tho
horrors arising fro the dreadful and destructive
habit of early self alb : sc, and is anxious to re-
lieve his fellow victims, aud who has discovered
free simple prescription for the certain and
speedy cure Of loss of memory, dependency,
,ons debility, in voluntary losses, nightly ennis.
sions, weakness OF the gentlve organs, early
decay OF manhood, confirmed impotence and all
the ong train Of evils arising from the impru-
dence and indiscretions of youth, affordng 10 all
an easy and efiicacious means of self cure. pre-.
cisely where physicians fail. Experience is the
best teacher Address in confidence, j. W,
PINKNEY. No. 515 Hudson Street, New York.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

1t has about been decided by the Re
publican State Committee that the usual
conference, preliminary to calling the State
Convention, will not be held this year.
Just what those con ferences ever amount
ed to has been difficult te End out, unless
it WINS TO let some few fellows set up the
pins for their favorite candidates. 1t is
Just about as we'll, and perhaps n little
better, to abandon them altogether and
carry the shaping Of things TO the State
Convention. on.-Lima Gazette.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The cordiali,y with which Blaine and
his family were received at the White
House, and the statement that Blpine
means to keep on being neighborly, are
something uncommon, though not out OF
place. 1t would be strange il such friend
ly relations should be cultivated as to lead
Jealous Democrats to charge Blaine with
being n "power behind the throne"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

TIE New York Tribune OF Friday repnb.
fishes some Of the testimony In the Boss
Tweed case, proving that the Argus, a
newspaper managed by Daniel Manning.
the present Secretary of the Treasury, re-
ceived as his part of the stealing S77S, ,45o.
As it is copied from the New York World,
a Democratic pa per, it cannot be said 10
be a Republican lie.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20


There is no use trying to make theo-
logical journal out OF a daily newspaper.
Too mauy bad things happen.-Aibuquer-
que journal.
When man has cunning and meanness
combined In equal parts he is fitted to be
the editor of an Ohio Republican journal.
Louisville Times.
Ben LeFevre can never he at the head
OF the agricultural department. He has
been caught boring auger-heles in maple
trees to get at a vein of fsirup.-Boston Post.
The South and West will not abandon
silver, even to purchase the President.
There will be big split right there If
this Issue be forced.-Augusta (Ga.) Chron
iclc.
You may burn me in effigy; you can't
burn my principles. was in the South
during slavery; there was nc such bull.
doing as have had in the North.-Er-
Governor ST. John.
George w. Pendleton, of Ohio, will rep
resent the civil service reform idea of the
new adminisration-on the outside, where
there IL plenty of rom and no responsible
i,y.-Phiiadelphia Press.
The largest bill manufactured by the
United States Government is of the de-
nomination oil $4,000. II is the same size
as The dollar bill, and has Andrew Jack.
sons picture in the corner.
If the Presidents Inaugural faithfully
reflects the views of The Democratic party
it nust be admitted that the two greal
political organizations OF the country are
occupying abont the same camping ground
-Miipdukee Sentinel.
MIR. Cleveland is discovering, If lie hal
not discovered it before, that the Demo
cratic party is very loose bundle of stiski
and one very difficult to bind up compact.
ly. Some of the sticks are forever failIns
out--.S. Raxl Pioneer Press.
Brother Halstead now calls the mar
whom he elected Sheriff of Hamilton
county last October - miserable tool
One of the saddest things in this life is Il
boost man into Office and then have hin
give his advertising to some other fellow
Chicago Herald.
General Lord Wolseley took occasion
recently TO express the opinion that lie,
was a much grenler military commando
than Grant; and il certainly looks as i
the British operations in the Soudan wer
being conducted ON theory OF that kind
-Giobe-Democrat.
Among the late arrivals at Pnlatka, Fla
was man with n large family from
Maine. Tbs day after reaching towa h,
paid $3.50 for a lot and by evening he hat
a shanty erected, n stove put up, and Ii,
and family slept in il that night.
II is claimed that an Alliance woman
recently stepped skating long enough t
give birth to twins. She refused to hav,
the skates taken of. however, as she wa
Engaged for the next music" and couldn'
allow a little matter like child-bearing Il
interfere.
This is too big country to he affected
all over by the same thing. One day las
month the thermometer at Savannah, Ga.
fell to 80 degrees. Savannah shiveret
and called It e blizzard. On the same day
the thermometer at Piere, ID. T., rose t.
zero and the inhabitants congratulated
themselves on "a January ihaw."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The war cloud IN Europe seems to Ike
growing darker and darker. De Lesseps
thinks that If England does not withdraw
from Egypt she will have war OH her
hands with France. Aad Il wonid seem
from the tenor Of the dispatches that open
losliiities might tegin almost any day
between England and Russis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

When the Lincoln club, by a unanimous
vote Saturday evening, kicked out Sheriff
Beresiord, Its boot r,Ny lie said to have
held the concentrated toes OF tho public
opinion Of ilamiiton county in particular
and oi all the rest Of the world that has
heard OF his conduct.-Cincinnut Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20
IMpnRTANT.

When You visit or leave New York City
saye baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire
and stap at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted up at cost OF one
million dollars, reduced to sl,o0 and upwards
per day. European plan, Elevator, Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages aud
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live
better for less money q. the Grand Union Hotel
than at any other hrst-class hotel in the city.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Larry King, the genilemnnly crook, well
known 10 the police and the people of
Toledo, was sent up from Xenia to the
penilenllary for ten years tins week. His
crime was an attempt, when Blaine was at
Xenia last fall, TO grab T. Ewing Millers
diamond pm from his shirt front. Toledo
losses one citizen in the next census and
Columbus gains one.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The Ohio Grand Consistory and
co-exi'liug bodies Of the Scotch Rite
Mn'ons have purchased tho property o.
the Seventh Presbyterian Church, Cincin-
natl, and will remodel II into a cathedral,
The property cost $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

'Your letter received, In reply am happy
more for me than yon said IL would, or than
expected. My hair has not only stopped falling
ont, but the bald spots are all covered, and all
my hair has grown thicker, softer, aud more
lively than II was before my sickness q year
ago. Thank YOU again and again" Extract
from letters of Mr.. II. W. T., West Fifty third
street New York
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Parson Burchard has been heard from
once moro. He says that good and wise
men have told him that his r. r. r. ut
terance was for the best, and was directed
by an All Wise Providence. Other good
aud wise men will doubtless tell him that
an All. Wise Providence has dccreed his
retirement on Rum. Ruination and
Rheumatism, with $500 a year-provided
he will make no mere speeches. CONNER.
cial Telegram.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The ups'art Mclean, of Cincinnati, IL
making his brags that lie will succeed
John Sherman ms Senator from Ohio,
When Ohio trades of Sherman for Nc
Lean IL will be about time to let the hogs
IN aud have the State rooted up Chicago
Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Samuel ]. Tildin's resignation OF the
direc,orsl,p in three large stock comra-
pies, in which lie held large financial IN
tcrrs,s, is construed as meaning that hs is
putting his earthly tabernackle IN shape
n be let to some other person.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The moss crop of Florida, rays the
Pensacola Commercial, 10 worth more than
the cotton crop, and can lie put on the
market at less expense. The demand e1-
ceeds the supply, and here is not county
in which this product Is not going 10
waste,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

One day last week man was passing
over the roof Of the Gibson House at Gin
cinnati, when he ohancea TO stumble
against the electric light wire and death
was produced almost instantaneously.
This accident has renewed the demand tor
puttine all wires under ground.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

General Grant is Ra,d 10 view The pro-
gress Of his disease with Indifference. fac.
ing death now with the same stolidity lie
did ON the battle held twenty years ago
Hi. attitude on religious matters is said tc
be ono Of mnconcern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Secretary Lamar and Attorney General
Garland have ordered the sale oil the car
riages and carnage horses In their depart
meuts. Walking is much better around
Washington now than il was twenty anu
twenty Eve years ago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

THE CLERGY, MEDICAL FACULTY AND
PEOPLE all endorse Burdock Blood Bilters
as the best system renovating, blood puri-
flying tonic in the world. Send for lesti.
monials.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The old notion that preacher' sons
were pretty bad lot will have to be
ameneJed now that the son of Presby
,erian clerg, m'n has just succeeded tie
son OF Baptist clergyman as Prssiden
Of the United States.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

Wednesday,, the 18th, We" President
Cle,elacds forty eighth birthday, al
though he was apparently oblivious oil the
fact until reminded OF it by large hnm-
her of callers through the dny and evening
IN INV their respects.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

The widow of ex Governor Sami
Medary died at Columbus Fell. 25th, aged
seyenty-nine years. She had only been
III for week or ten days. Mr. Mednry
had been resident OF that city for a great
many years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-03-20

EVERY time II sin Is committed con-
science tolls n funeral bell p says Mr.. Tai.
mage Luckily the funeral hell of con-
science is mufi.d. Were 1t otherwise we
should all he deaf Courier Journal