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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-29


Georgetown, ,(Col. )correspondcuo Baltimore sun
Western people are in many in
stances brimful of wit and intelli-
gcncc. Those who look for an ig-
norant, uncouth set Of people, as
they are described by certain novel
lists, are not apt to find them. True,
there is much slang in their CONVEX
sation, but as II rule, they are good
takers, quick-witted and full of in
formation. Some ot the slang is apt
the sentences compressed a rifle
bullet, not lead, lying loose OF
beaten thin. 1t is true they are
given to brag You need always to
carry about the grain of salt. Broad
prairies may make their conccp-
tions large and hazy at the edges.
The West is thorougly cosmopoli-
tan. The collegian with intellect
trained in the schools meets native
mind made quick and strong by
warfare with difficulty. Many oi
our keen-witted, shrewd and enter.
prising business men have left us
for the West, John Chinaman does
not possess the land. The lack O
facilities and the casting of men OF
their own resources have developed
talent that otherwise would have
been dormant. Literally n man il
the architect of his fortune, and o
his house and furniture as well
Talk to II man, and like as not tn,
answer will show not a rough dia
mond, but only one in shabby set
ting. Cowboys are not always 81
terrible as represented. They ar
! heterogeneous mixed multitude
A cattle-king told us of one VIII
came to him a green hand. II
never shirked his multifarious du
ties of herder, hostler and ever
cook. At the end of the season
after he had acquired Il practici
knowledge of the cattle business, h
made himself known as the rich so
} of Il rich banker in Minnesota, an
invested heavily in cattle. He d,
served success. His case is onl
S one Of many. Cowboys may i
cultivated and genial men. Some
. the phases of life are ludicrous. |
t town which was booming the
was no church. The boys talko
Il over the situation I'VE have
It bang-up town, full of whisky, fu
T. Of fun; we ought to have a churc
+ we must build one" All threw
{ gamblers, saloon-,ccpcrs, ever
|, body. Then came the qurstio
it what denomination should own Il
o church? The boys decided the oI
n which could show up the mo
Il members. When the church W
h finished the Prcsbyterians count,
the most heads, and they peaceful
IS possess the prosperous and sob
'e town, as it now is to-day. A couI
10 of characteristic signs may be int,
he esting. In Laramic-City we We
IS surprised to see leading from {
G, pavement into store gigan
to prints of naked feet, and leadi
It. into the prints of an equally gr'
u boot. 1t is needless to add that
1t was Il boot and shoe store.
ne Grand Junction Il friend read t
following: "In God We Trust, |
l All Others Must Pay Cash" In S
he Lake City a curtain was seen o.
ed the door of a gun store. The griz
as had surprised the hunter swimmi
re he had knocked over the dog, c.
'ly tured the clothes and stood on
~ bank with the gun pointed at
Id, terrified hunter in the stream.
he
sy. A one-legged man will never
nd troubled with wet feet.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-29

HIRAM YEFCBES,
4t1a a1ad ShiJolSy ST., WILL OHi1I,,
Will sell oe Fancy Fur Rls Blankets and all kinds
Horse Equipments sale We
have Delaware select from aud live with large
the o
general Come 4th ard Shipey, Wilmington Del!
Nov
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
PIslndered.
Evening Telegram.

An Investigation now going on in
Washington reveals great extrava
gance, not to characterize it, thiev-
cry, in the management Of the coast
and geological survey. A professor
in the Hopkins u iversity has spent
$4,000 Of government funds in
making an extended trip, pretending
to make scientific experiments, but
one of these trips is said to have been
a wedding tour. Another scientist
has been ln the pay rolls as tide in
spector, who admitted that the tides
would rise and fall without his super
vision. The coast survey staff are
wearing Jugensen chronometers
that cost $500 to $500 each, merely
to keep them in order. Valuable
books, some costing $50, were Dor
rowed from the coast survey depart
ment, and when asked to return
them, replied that they had been
burned. How long will such things
be endured?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
Rosten. as Usual.

Every dip of the Cleveland probe
into the various governmental depart
ments exposes new sources of official
corruption. The revelations, which
have just begun, into the Naval and
Indian departments, aud New York
and New Orleans custom houses, are
quickly followed by the report of the
Committee appointed to investigate
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, made
to- Secretary Manning.
The committee found that Prof. Hill
gard the Superintendent ofthe Survey,
was a confessed and locally notorious
drunkard, who was unfit for business
every afternoon and who for years has
manifested a general incapacity for the
duties of his Office and who is despised
by all his subordinates. Many instan-
ces of specific mal-administration and
wrong-doing were disclosed by the
committee. 1t III found that money
received from various sources for
work done or services rendered, in
stead of being deposited in the Treas
ury was divided among the employees
receiving regular salaries as extra pay
for extra work, in violation fthe law /;
that many costly instruments charged
to persons not now in the service, have
not been returned or accounted for and
that many valuable instruments have,
without authority, been loaned to pri-
vate individuals and to institutions
that most ofthe instruments have been
purchased by the Chief of the Instru-
ment Division from the firm in which
he was a partner and that the property
and instruments Of the Government
have been wrongfully converted to
the use of this firm that visiting cards
for Superintendent Hilgard and fami-
ly and other employees of the Survey
have been printed in the engrayingd de-
partment at Government expense
that favored employees have been al
lowed to travel at Government ex-
pense with unnecessary frequency
that an assistant who presented false
vouchers, when discovered was allow
ed to refund the money and continue
in the service at an advanced salary
that old and incompetent persons have
been continued on the pay rolls; that
a number of ladies who never come to
the office and do so little work at home
that they are in effect pensioners, are
continued on the rolls: hal valuable
books belonging to the library nave
been loaned and mutilated Dr. stolen,
that chronometer watches belonging
to the Survey were found in the pos
session of Prof. 1Iilgard and Other
employees; that an assistant was con
tinued on the pay roll although work
ing for and receiving pay from JohI
Hopkins University, Baltimore /; tina
other employees were paid large wages
although rendering no service, one in
stance being al inexperienced boy
classified as an engraver, who was
paid $l,75S a year that the moneLsap
porpriated for the Survey was wasted
in expensive and useless experiments
In other words they found that th'
survey was utterly and completely de
moralized. Fraud, forgery, enbezzle
ment and drunkenness seem to hav'
been the leading characteristics OF it
management.
The Republican papers are duml
concerning all these transactions, bu
they are very wide awake OH the sub
ject of that two cents discrepancy il
the amount of money left in TIL
Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

more confident feeling pervades the
market than at any time within the
past three years, and a marked i'm
provement is also noticeable" From
the Memphis Appeal comes the cheer
full intelligence that "there is a rift in
the cloud, and that the fall trade is like
ly to open encouragingly. Here in the
South all signs are that way, and the
feeling in all the trade centres is M
of confidence that the activities in all
departments of human endeavor will,
after September be unprecedented in
this section"
From San Francisco, Portland, Ore.
Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee,
St. Paul, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo,
Savannah, Boston and other leading
trade centres come reports in keeping
with the above. All are confident and
hopeful, and it would seem that the
tread of trade toward better things
has indeed come.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

The recent general army order
sending officers back to their regi-
ments after a period of four years on
detached duty is provoking much
discussion among officers in Wash
ington. But two officers now on duty
will be compelled to join their regi-
ments at once They are Captains
Gregory and Davis of Gen. Sheri-
dams staff. Capt. Davis was recently
assigned to staff services, but he has
been on detached duty for a number
of years. Officers who favor the order
say that favoritism is ended; that Of
ficers will not be allowed to remain
away from their commands 10 or 10
years; that captains who have never
seen their companies will have an op-
portunity to look at them, and that
men who have been on the frontier
for almost a score of years will now
be permitted to taste the sweets OIL
army life. "That ORDER" said an Off
Ger, "means the resurrection Of the
army"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
The Democrats and Protection.
N. Y. Sun


We observe among our widest
eyed Republican contemporaries en-
earnest resolve to boost protection
to the top of the Republican plat
forms next fall and forever. Pro
lection to American industries
cruelty "struck down" in the rosy
person of Mr.. John Roach is to be
the call to arms, the Hey, Rube!"
Of the approaching circus.
This is all right. Protection is a
good and a strong card to play al
ways. But what can the Republicans
have to say about the systematic
and long standing frauds at the Gus
tom House, by which ~rascally i'm
porters have been able to evade the
protective provisions of the tariff!
The Democrats have not shown them
selves, nor is it likely that more than
a few of them will show themselves,
to be enemies of the protective sys
TEN, now too firmly rooted in the in
dustrial energies and expectations of
the country to be want only disturb
ed or recklessly tempered with. With
what face can the Republicans come
forward as the peculiar champions Of
that system, when every day is add
ing to the miserable record Of the
frauds and scoundrelly devices, the
undervaluations, the false invoices,
tie favoritism and corruption which
characterized the collection Of the
customs under Republican rule? The
people have had enough OF protection
TO ~favorites and scoundrels, practical
publication OF the tariff by the con
nivan-e or negligence Of custom Of
ficials. They expect and doubtless
they will receive from a Demo- ratio
Administration the honest and rigor-
Gus enforcement of the law as it
stands. The Republicans have not
honestly enforced it, and their at
tempt to figure as its champion can,
under the present circumstances and
in new Of recent revelations, hardly
be formidable.
AS to the question of changes to
be made in the tariff, we can wait
with composure till Congress meets
and the President makes his recon
mendations. 1t is probable that the
Republicans next fall will try to
cause alarm by misrepresenting the
attitude of the Democrat, in the tar.
if, but the effect of honest admin
istration of the tariff laws by the
Democrats is likely to be greater
than that of fear Of changes which
they may be accused of wanting to
make, and which cannot be made
without the assistance of the Repub
iican Senate.
So it is hard to see how the Re
publicans a make much profit ou'
of the tariff business. John Roach
the proto- martyr of Republican pro
lection, they have always with them
But then tie kind of protection
which Mr.. Roach wishes we vii
never get till Secor Robson or Viii
liam e. Chandler returns to tn,
Navy Department.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
Republican Abuses.

The Chicago HERALD thus tcrSely
sums up the abuses thai have been
corrected under President Cleveland's
administration:
The administration has unearthed
the extravaganza, if not fraud, that
has long prevailed in the Agricultu-
raj Department.
1t has brought John Roach and 9TH
CT contractors to the knowledge that
in their dealings with the government
they must obey the laws and expect
nc favoritism.
1t has put an end to the schemes of
the land grabbers in the West and re-
stored to the public domain millions
of acres which have been seized by
corporations.
1t has exposed e%xtravagan" and
frauds long pracliccd in the coast and
geodetic surveys.
1t has throttlcd the scheme to make
Jay Gould and a few other rich men
Interested il: steamship lines a present
of 100000 for alleged mail services,
which has been provided for in other
ways without to the subsidy.
1t has reduced the force of employees
in many branches of the government
service, tlius saving several hundred
thousand dollars i'll annual expense.
1t has exposed and rectified II fraud
in the issuance of ratiOns to Indians
by which the government has been
defrauded of a million dollars in the
last ten years.
These are matters of q purely Lusi-
ness character, and the reforms that
commend themselves to every bust
ness man, without distinction of par
ty-to every citizen who has at heart
the welfare Of the country and the
administration of the government on
an economical basis.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

The Butler Co. Democrat correctly
states the difference between the two
parties on the liquor question in the
following: The chief difference be-
tween the two parties in Ohio on the
liquor question is, and always has
been, that while the Democratic par
ty has openly opposed Prohibition in
favor of a license law, in such q way
that its position could not be mista
ken, the Republican party has as O
stantly lodged and tried to straddle
the question for the purpose Of gain
ing the support of the Prohibition ell
ement. Broken promises, on the part
of the Republican party, to this ele
ment, has resulted in the division
now existing. The result will tell
most heavily against the Republican
party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

The Democratic State Convention
that met last week at Columbus,
nominated the old ticket, with the
exception Of the two Judges. It is
as follows:
Governor-GEoRGE HoADLY, of
Hamilton county.
Lieutenant Governor JOHN G.
WARWICK, of Stark.
State Treasurer-PETER BRADY, of
Sandusky.
Supreme Judge (loug term)-C.
D. MARTIN, OF Fairfield.
Supreme Judge (short term)-
GIBSON ATHERToN, Of Licking.
Attorney General--JAMEs Law
RENEE, of Cuyahoga.
Member Of Board of Public Works
HENRY WEIBLE, of Defiance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

Republican journals glowed for
years yer the monthly reduction of
the public debt. One was led to be-
lieve that Republicans were paying
the national obligations from their
own pockets, SO much credit did
they take to their party for every
dollar of decrease. Republican jour
nails are very quiet now on that sub
ject, but the diminutioD is going on
under a Democratic administration.
During July, for instance, the reduc-
ton reached the healthy proportion
of $1,000, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
Better Times Ahead.

From every portion of the country
come reassuring reports that the bus
mess revival recently predicted in
these columns is very near at hand.
The clearing house reports show a
gratifying increase v e the same time
last year, and indicates that the stag
nation of the last two years is almost
ended. Other reports from the bust
ness centres OF the country are of the
same gratifying tenor. They are not
based upon some gcneralities, but
show something decidedly more
satisfactory. Referring to the fall
trade prospects, the Philadelphia Rec
ord says that "tEere is q much more
cheerful feeling. There is much less
hesitation 10 do business from the fear
Il further depreciation in values or the
unfavorable to the healthful progress
of trade. 1t is felt that the limit of
depression in commercial affairs has
been reached, and this prevalent sent
iment Of hopcfulness will contribute
agood deal to the substantial improve
ment now generally looked for dur
ing the coming fall and winter
months"
From the South ome the same
hopeful predictions of better things
in the future. All OF the leading pa-
pers of Atlanta. Mobile, Galveston
and New Orleans give voice to them,
the Picayunc ofthe latter city, saying
The drawing to the close of the
month demonstrates that quito q fair
trade has been done, compared With
the record of previous seasons. There
has been a steady bu: quiet improve
ment going on, which is visible in a
greater degree of confidence and a
lettering OF general credit. A grow
ing conviction that better times are
near at hand has caused Increased
buying in all lines, and preparations
for a brisk trade is noticeable on all
sides in a repienisiIfng of stocks and a
tendency Of all values to appreciate
on Inc slightest provOcation." The
Baltimore AMERICAN declares "that
there is every prospect ola healthy
fall trade and merchants generally
| feel encouraged over the outlook. A
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

Butler Co. Democrat: The grand
old party is in a terrible state over
in Warren county. 1t is not only
proven beyond e doubt that the bal
lot box was stuffed, but also in a
style that put to shame even the de
script:ons of such transactions given
so graphically in the Commercial
Gazette, but which were always locat-
ed in some southern state. We anx-
iously wait for the G. G. to deliver its
usual TRADE on ballot box stuffing.
Will it do it?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

True, there may be some lawyers who object
to him, one of their objections being that he
has too much of a disposition to see important
cases settled without litigation. But his mode
OF doing business suits the people, and the
people will elect him.-!Germantoacn Press.
The above is what the Press says
about the nomination of Judge Dryer
for Common Pleas Judge of this
District. He will not be elected be-
cause he is competent or the proper
person for the position, but simply
because the District is largely in IA
vor of the party that nominated him.
Too many good and honest voters be-
lieve that they must vote for the con-
veation nominee, no difference about
qualifications. That is about the
size Of it, Mr.. Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
Hit Ell Right That Time.
N V Sum


We may candidly say that the re
moval of about all the Republican
postmasters in the United States
and the substitution of Democrats is
a very good thing. just as soon as
these Republicans are put out they
will cease to have any interest in
civil service reform and will pant
after the "spoils" V as the hare
panteth after the water brooks. II
the Republicans ever get in again,
the Democrats will have to get out
with all conventional speed, and ro-
tation will continue to rotate, and
the golden cycle of the Eatonians
will still be bashtul about beginning
to reVo!ye,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

II evidently was high time for the
government to step in and prevent
the fencing in Of public lands. Sta
tistics compiled at the Land Office
show that there are over 5000, 900
acres illegally fenced, divided as fol
lows: Colorado, 100000 acres;
Montana, 125,9So; Wyoming, 5000;
Kansas, 24,160; Nevada, 2O,5OO;
Nebraska, POI, 070; Utah, 2,1OO; to-
tai. 3,020,470 acres. 1t is estimated
that not less than 10000, 900 acres
in addition to the lands in this list
are illegally inclosed, of which the
special agents of the department
have not had time to make examina
tion an specific report.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

We received q communication
from Dayton last week signef"Dem
ocrat," making some ugly charges
against the OF the abscond.
ed Police Commissioner Clerk, Joe.
Ensign, and also against Joe BOWL.
ing, who has been appointed travel
ing deputy in the Revenue Office. The
writer forgot to send his name along
with the article, and of course we
cannot publish it. If what it con
tains, however, about that Icing
whelp Joe Bowling, is anything like
true, the sooner Knecht gets him ont
of the Revenue business, the better
his prospect will be for a confirma-
ton by the Senate next winter.
s.Time makes oil things even" Pub
lie positions obtained through lies,
corrupt means and dishonesty gener-
ally, sooner or later come to grief.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27


The big Woods" of Minnesota
we'll deserve the name, for they cover
5000 square miles, or 3, 200, 900 acres
of surface. These woods contain only
hard wood growths, including white
and black oak, maple, hickory, bass,
wood, elm, cottonwood and enough
of other varieties to make an aggre
gate of over fifty different kinds. The
hard wood tract exteLds in a belt
across the middle of the state, and
surrounding its northeastern corner
is an immense pine region covering
$1,000 So. miles or 13,44O,O 900 acres.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

According to statistics collected
by the Baltimore Sun. out of 1877
murders committed last year in the
United States, the perpetrators were
punished with death in only 3I3 cas-
es, and 210 Of these persisted by
lynch law. Only one murderer in
thirty-three, therefore, is hanged &C
cording to law in this great country,
and one in about fifteen by irregular
methods. Ter out of eleven escape
the gallows altogether.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

The "bloody shirt" shrieker in the
last issue Of the Eaton Register ought
to refresh his memory of what the
late Gen. Grant said: "The war is
Overt And cultivate a little com
mon sense out of the remark of Gen.
Simon Cameron, the Republican
hester of Pennsylvania, who, after
the selection of Grants pa | bearers
said: "The last bitterness of the war
is wiped cut forever"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
The Philadelphia CAL shuddering

The Philadelphia Call shuddering-
ly says: Recently gathered Stats
tics show hat in the United States
marriage is declining as we'll as the
birth rate, and that the social evil is
increasing. These are not pleasant
facts to contemplate. as they strike
fatal blows at the very foundations
Of social order. There is only one
remedy for this-a rational return to
economy. The extravagant style OF
living that came in with the shoddy
period of war has made marriage
less desirable save to the rich
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27
The new high license law of Wis

The new high license law of Wis
consin, increasing the minimum
rate of saloon license from $75 to
5000, has been in force about three
months, and returns from some 100
towns in the state show that the ag-
gregate number Of saloons has been
diminished by 267; that the aggre-
gated amount of annual revenu is
1924, 900 greater than last year, and
that the saloons generally are under
better regulation:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

From the official report of the State
Auditor it is learned that during the
past year there has been an increase
of 1924 horses, and 1928 cattle,
while there has been a decrease of
2S9, 962 sheep and 200,6S7 hogs. The
total number of horses in the State,
as shown by the report, is 726, los;
of cattle, 1,631.376; of sheep, 1882
933, and of hogs, 1,600,971 head.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

The Cambria Freeman, (Rep. re-
marks that "if there is a meaner or
more despicable creature on Gods
footstool than q man who was com
missioned by a Republican President
and afterwards wants to continue in
his Office under a Democratic Admin
istration, refusing to yield his place
until he is literally kicked out Of it,
it would like to know who he Is and
what business he follows" The edi-
tor of the Freeman is plain spoken,
but he hits the nail squarely on the
head.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-27

w. L. Dechant, Esq, of Lebanon,
has received the nomination for Pro
bate Judge of Warren county. 1t is
q good selection and we would be
pleased to hear Of our young friend
being elected. He deserves the posi-,
ton and would fill it well.