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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-31

If the F., M. d p. will make an
extra effort and get us out of the
spring mud, we will vote it the most
enterprising enterprise in the whole
list. But, then, we rather expect to
stick in the mud till June.
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The time and money expended,
and to be expended, on two locks and
dams on the Monongahela, ought to
have Stacked it almost to Fairmont.
If Uncle Sam carries on his public
improvements in the same way else
where, he had better go out of the
business. However the pickings
and stealings are all included in the
last appropriation asked for, and it
is probable the work will now be
finished.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-31

The legislative hopper is full but
the mill grinds slowly.
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CALL at this Office and get clubbing
rates with other Journals. We can
often furnish two papers at little more
than the price Of one.
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THE NV ADMINlSTRAT TON.

For the first time in quarter of a century there
will occur, on the 4th of next March, complete
political transformation in the executive branch Of
the government OF the united states ms mem
orable event and the changes and incidents which
must follow VIII give an unusual interest TO every
thing said and done in Washington for many months
to come. 10 these engrossing topics-to the policy
and acts of the party then coming into power--in
fact to everything TRANSMITTING at the national capi-
A., rL CT. Ill - .-a,;.I a...n.;o, ,,,L;,u
.ai' Inc 'f"' WIN sNe 'pe.Ai t'e"''o' NAMING
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The dynamiters have been at work
again in London. Last Saturday two
terrific explosions occurred in quick
succession shaking the Parliament
buildings and wrecking portions of
the Palace, SCATTERING all the glass
in the neighborhood. Many men,
women asd children were wounded,
some of them fatally. A London
special says: The explosion in the
House of Commons occurred directly
under the strangers gallery. The
gallery was completely wrecked, torn
from it's fastenings and thrown in
fragments to the floor. Great dam
age was done also in the lobby. The
masonry, decorations and sculptures
were utterly destroyed. The massive
stonework was wrenched from it's
place, the glass roof of the House of
Commons was shattered, the side
windows blown out, and heavy
beam which formed one of the sup
ports to the gallery was hurled into
the Speakers chair and crushed it.
The English authorities seem power
less to stop the work of the unthink-
ing wretches who plot these explo-
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women and children
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Cranlxs are filing the paper of the
legislative journals with proposed
constitutional amendments, the ma
jority seeking to exempt property
from taxation.
All such schemes are hurtful and
demagogical.
The true system of government is
to tax all property.
The benefits of government are ex-
tended to all persons and to all prop
~erty alike, and therefore there should
be no discrimination in taxation
Every piece of property and every
individual should contribute fail
and proportionate share to the sup
port of government.
The wild schemes of chronic can
didates to bid for support on the
grounds that the passions OF the
populace shall be fed by imprudent
and improper tax legislation shouio
be stopped.
All property should be taxed al
it's fair value, and the money get into
the treasury without sticking to thu
fingers of collectors. Exemption
laws are merely inducements of fraut
perjury. Put every person and every
species of property on the same foot
ing and let the tax on all be equa
and uniform. No other system can
DO fair to the farmer and real estat'
owner. Exemption laws merely taxi
the burden from the rich holder 0
personal property and places it OF
the already tax ridden real estate
Tax all property alike and Civ
the land owner chance for his life
---Sentinel,
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and the Great Wrong
Riqhted.

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dawn of the new year, under conditions
that have not existed for a quarter of
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16
Two Years for Betrayal.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo, May Sat a
special session of the Criminal Court
of this county John A. Wheeler was
yesterday sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary for the betrayal OF
Ida w. Wheeler under promise OF
marriage. The trial was had three
weeks since, hut motion for q new
trial was overruled and sentence at
last passed. An endeavor will be
made to carry the case to the Supreme
Court. The standing Of the parties tc
the suit, who live in Kansas City, have
made it one of note. 1t is the frs
sentence ever passed upon such a east
IN this county.
The women seemed determined t
pursue her former lover to the utmost
She has judgment in the Circui
Court and lien on the estate of hi
father for $4,000 and besides has got
ten him to the door of thepenitentiary
He offered her q goodly amount t
marry him after the verdict was giver
but she would not accept,
Wheeler is Of a prominent family {
Cass county and besides the dishonc
of a penitentiary sentence he, enc
wealthy and ;a;i;id i merchant OF Rans'
City, will now be poyerty-stricken.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16

Oncein awhile the question is heard,
'cWhat has become of Mrs. Tilton?"
The little woman, who was a few
years ago the most widely known
American woman in the world, lives
with her aged mother, Mrs. Morse, on
Pacific street, in Brooklyn, in COM
fort and quiet, Ever sin the re-
markable scandal trial she has lived
in the same way. At no time has she
inhabited garret taken in sewing for
8 living or lived in any OF the poor
". Us rumor frequently declared she
did Mrs. Morse, her mother, is the
wife Of the veteran Judge Morse, one
of the first presidents OF the Union
Ferry Company and now a retired
honored member of the same wealth!
corporation.
Mr.. Tilton has never stepped acros
that threshold since the trial. Ger
tainly not Mr.. Bceeher. 1t would no
be well for either one to make the AT
tempt The two sons, Carroll am
Ralph, are young men now, both oecu
pying good clerkships, and live wit
their mother. Carroll, the elder, is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16

The above cut correctly represents the for which will certainly
have the drawing Saturday May 9Oth, 1885.
The length the organ feet inches and the hegh feet inches
The black Rshed in oil and rubbed and
enced gold and has handles lamp stands double blow pedals knee
we and grand organ reeds daason
principal reeds reeds and has
meoda daason principal duc celeste echo
and forte The manufactured by the Chicago Cottage Organ Co.,
for five years We will furnish
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the chance draw of the premiums fail to draw anything you
lose nothing because furnish the best weekly ppersn Tenne
Below give opinions many before the superb
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organ received the Baptist church from the Ccago Cottage Or
Company entire satisfaction and cheeuy recommend
the instruments from this compnyThe Lea Bookhayen, Miss
Chicago
Organ manufactured by the Chicago Cottage
company the
represented particular has been thoroughly by
practical musicians and cas We cheeru
mend the above above readers perfectly abThe
terpFiSe Sheldon, Mo
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16

All but ono of the members OF the
cabinet wear high hats. Secretary
Manning's being unusually large and
made to order. This fact was ascer-
tanned by Posi- reporter, who happen
ed to be on the portico at the white
house on q recent cabinet day few
minutes before the assembling of the
Presidents advisers around the coun-
Gil table. Postmaster General Villas
was the first arrival, and he came in
the brougham of the department,
which is drawn by large gray horse.
Secretary Bayard walked briskly over
from the state department with alarge
brown morocco portfolio under his
right arm, and nodded pleasantly to n
group of gentlemen whom he met at
the steps Of the white house.
Attorney General Garland, the next
arrival, wore a black slouch hat, and
instead OF a portfolio he carried in his
right hand a small cane and in his
left a package of legal documents.
He walked over from the department
of Justice and had several minutes to
spare before noon, the hour for meet
ing.
Secretary Manning was mistaken by
a party of gentlemen for the president
as he strolled carelessly across from the
west exit of the treasury department
while colored messenger was a few
steps behind bearing the portfolio con
tanning official secrets.
"There comes Secretary Lamar NJ
the avenue on horseback" said one o.
the ushers. He has abandoned the
Office carriage and taken this method
OF getting to the white house. ThC
horse, handsome bay with four white
stockings, trottod up the roadway, ant
the secretary alighted at the steps anC
tossed the reins to colered boy wht
was awaiting him.
Secretary Whitney, the younges
member OF the cabinet, walked owe
from the navy department with
) springy stride and his messenger Dor
a green morocco portfolio.
Secretary Endicott was the last cal
met minister who put in an appear
: ance, and he walked very deliberatcl
g and with the air of one who had pier
+, ty OF time. In his right hand he ca
: ried II bamboo cane, with which h
e made thrusts from time to time at il
/, visible objects. All the ministers a
= ) they enter the white house had
q pleasant smile for the door-keeper
d and the majority removed their hai
h in response to their saiufion.z Kqsi
h ington PgTATE TEACFiEi<S ~
Johnson CITY. TENN
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16
How the Law Makers Choose Their
Seats,

The house having notified the sem
ate of its organization, there remained
but one other interesting feature of
the proceedings. Every member nat
urally wished the best seat in the hall
that he could obtain; and as al of
them could not be satisfied the ques-
ton was determined by game Of
chance. The clerk placed in box
as many slips OF paper rs there were
representatives, and he then drew
these slips from the box one at time.
(The member oldest in continuous
service, and also Mr.. Alexander II.
Stephens, who, on account Of his ago
and lnfirmity, was entitled to con-
sideration OH the part of the house"
were permitted to choose eats before
the drawing commenced.) Then all
the other members retired beyond the
outer row, and each representative,
as the slip hearing his name was
drawn and called, came forward and
selected II scat. 1t was quite an anus
ing performance, the lawmakers en-
Ijoycd the fun fully MS much as did the
spectators in the gallery; and the
countenances Of the fortunate MEM
bers beamed with the smiles of childish
JOY.
In the senate, the matter of seats is
settled in different way. At the be-
ginning OF every congress, the newly
elected senators choose from among
the vacant seats in the order in which
each senator notifies Captain Bassett,
on the principle OF "frst come, first
served; )" and if they do not get salts
factory seats, they "speak" for other
seats, in the event of such seats be-
coming vacant during their term oi
office. Captain BasSett keeps record
of all these requests in book, and OF .
en- the same seat will bc sp k N f., /
! by three or four senators. | remcm-
{ Der one senator, who had a seat very
! desirable on account of its location
: who became very suddenly Ill--so i'll
that ho was not expected to live
r Several of the other sennt rs applied
. for his seat and, when the sen..te.
|, heard of it, he declared he would not
die. And he did not; he even LIVED
> TO sec the seats of these senators WhC
had spoken for his become vacant.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16
JOHNSON CITY, TENN, SATURDAY,

Tilton in look and nature. Ralph is a
mothers boy, fine, promising young
character. The two daughters are
both married and mothers. Alice, the
younger, liyes in Chicago and Mrs.
Tilton visited her not long since.
That Mrs. Tilton was "forsaken by her
friends" as the newspapers would
have it four and five years ago, is not
true either. The fact is there is more
intellectual company entertained in
Mrs. Tiltons home in the course Of a
year than that of a dozen families
"best families told. Nothing
would be pleasanter to Mrs. Tilton
than to know that the outside world
had forgotten her. To certain ex-
tent it has, but still sho has large
circle of friends.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16
Liberty Enlightening the World.

This new wonder of the world,
which is now being loaded on the
French transport Isere for shipment
to this country, is the largest statue in
the world. Some idea of its magni-
tude may be obtained from the fact
that forty persons found standing
room within the head A six-foot man
standing on the level of the lips only
just reached the eyebrow. While
workmen we're employed on the crown
of her head they seemed to be making
Il huge sugar-caldron, and they jump
ed with ease in and out the tip of the
nose. Fifteen people might sit around
the flames of the torch, which eleva-
ton can be reached by spiral stair
case within the outstretched arms.
The London Daily News, in speak
ing of it says; ut is out and away
the largest statue Of modern times
The Colossus of Rhodes was nothing
to it. 1t could carry the Bavaria OIL
Hermann in its arms. 1t towers tC
the skys from the yard of the Rue dc
Chazelles, where it has been eight
years in construction, and the view
from its coronet sweeps clear of the
six-story houses and beyond the wall,
of Paris"
The weight of this stupendous statue
is 100000 pounds, of which 176,00(
pounds are copper and the remainde
wrought iron. 1t is expected to ar
rive in New York about the 25th 0
May, where it will be erected on Bed
loe's Island, this being the location Sc
lected for it by Gen. w. T. Sherman
who was appointed by the Presiden
to make the selection. When place.
in position it will loom up SO5 fee
above tide-water, the height of tn
statue being 1872 feet, that of th
pedestal 81 feet, and foundation 52.1
feet.
This imposing statue, higher tina
the enormous towers of the grec
Brooklyn or the steeple OF the Trinit
Church, which is the loftiest i'll til
city Of New York higher, in fac
, than any of the colossal statues of al
tiquity,-by its rare artistic propo
tons, as well as by its stupendous d
mensons, will add another to I'll
! wonders OF the world. A word shoul
9 be said to the artistic merit. I'll
pose, stride, and gesture, with its elias
ic face, are pronounced perfect Il
drapery is both massive and fin
o and some parts is as delicate and sill
/, in effect as il wrought with fiji
chisel on the smallest scale.
= The conception and execution
u this great work are due to the gre
n French sculptor, NJ. Bartholdi, vi
C has devoted eight years OF his life al
rs and whose generous impulses, viii
must be on scale commensurate wi
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16

Surgical science has become decid-
edly dramatic in some of its opera
tions. The human race seems to be
like so many Swiss watches, and when
one Of them gets out of order the sur
geon simply lifts the broken wheel out
and puts in its place another wheel
which he has taken from another
watch then he winds it up, and il
goes about as well as ever. Annie
Finnell had the muscles Of her fore.
arm so lacerated that they became
dcadcned. The surgeons OF Bellevue
removed the useless members. ther
exsected-not from man, but from
the hind leg of 4 dog-four inches o
healthy muscle, which they grated
ON as a sailor splices a rope. Mis-
Finnell will soon he able to use he
forearm again, hut whether the dol
viii ever be able to use his hind lei
again Is question which the surgeon
must answer.-N Y. Herald.