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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-24

THE Senate has passed The PrSsi-
dental succession bill as reported by
the committee of the, Senate. .Mfs
Dibble, Of South Carolina, has inh.o-
duucd bill in the House providing
for the same contingencies BY way OF
voting for q second Tice-P President
who shall be voted for by the Electors.
said Vice-President to preside overthe
Senate in the absence Of the first Vice
President.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-24

Cecilia Pcrryman, eolored, and her
two children, aged respccfiYely g and
10 years, were brntally murdered bys
Sam Wilson, colored, at LaufenS
Miss. Wilson fled, but was captured
and lynched.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-24

A weslorll cdilur says or Hnry
James that the inicraaiionii wDler is
about us mncn 0E im Amcrlcan novelist
''as q war; on telait of u tldpole Is q
whole frog-pond.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1885.

After the 1st July, 1885, all domes-
tic first. class matter sent through the
mails, including drop letters at letter
carrier offices, must be charged with
postage at the rate of two cents per
ounce or fraction thereof, instead of
two cents per half ounce or fraction
thereof. Drop letters at other than
letter carrier offices to be charged at
the -. -.ofpne cent per ounce or frac-
ton thereof. This change in the
standard of weight will also apply to
first class matter addressed to Canada.
but not to matter addressed to other
foreign countries, She same bill also
reduces the rate of postage from two
cents per pound to one cent per pound
on all publications of the second class,
newspapers and periodicals when sent
by the publisher thereof, and from
the office of publication. including
sample copies, or when sent from a
news agency to actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents. This
provision only refers to publishers
and news agents, Private individu-
ais mailing such matter pay at the
rate of one cent for four ounces. The
new law makes taking of a neWspa-
per and the refusal to pay for the same
theft and any person guilty of such
action is liable to criminal proceed
ings, the same as if guilty of stealing
goods to the amount of hts subscrip.
ton. The postmaster can testify in
all such cases.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

no signs Of Improvement and prices
are unchanged.
The anthracite coal trade is dulIer
than previously. and side tracks
along the lines of the coal roads are
filing up with loaded coal cars. The.
bituminOus trade is quite demoraljz
ing so far as prices are concerned in
consequence of the competition from
newly developed fields.
Dry goods have been in moderate
request, and the production of cot
ton fabrics in the East promises to be
restricted.
Boston, June 20.-The Advertiser
in its weekly review of the wool mar
ket says:
The week has been a broken one,
owing to the Bunker Hill holiday,
which in part accounts for the small
sales, but the inquiry has been less
than 2 week ago, and while prices are
not quotahly higher for any descrip.
quote firm at quotations. Certainly
better terms can be made in fine
wOO's, and manufacturers are more
Indifferent. Private London cable.
grams received to-day from different
sources report decline there of @a1d
in merinO woods and the market de.
pressed. On the other hand, we have
seen a cablegram declining price fol
good woods which had been previ
ousIy accepted, and those who have
filed orders have not yet secured all
the wool they want. The reported
decline probably represents in part
the inferior condition of the wool now
being offered, for it must be temen-
bered that much Of the last Austria
liam clip was unsatisfactory. and the
drop may be also made 10 attract
American orders still unified.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
A Week on the Mountain.

MT. MCGREGOR, n. Y, June 23.-
One week ago to-day Gen. Grant was
brought here. Speaking of their trip,
DIR. Newman remarks that only one
man ever went upon a mountain to
die. That was Moses, but DR.. New
man don't believe this mountain trip
will result that way. He holds TO the
hope that Gen. Grant may recover.
Having been here week, in which
time the good results of the change
might fairly be expected. DR.. Doug
las was this morning asked to make
a comparison of the generals condi-
ton now and the day he started from
New York. "Gen. Grant could not
have lived in New York until this
time with weather such as when he
left" said the doctor. "He was sink
ing very rapidly there, and that was
why we had to hasten the time of
leaving, which was originally fixed
for to-day. In making a comparison
of the generals condition a week ago
and now there is central fact that
must always be considered, a fact
that pains me deeply.and all the time,
and that is that we must stand by
and watch the course of his illness
with the consciousness of being I'M
able to stay it. AS to the local con-
ditions, the area of exterior swelling
is certainly less than when he reach
ed here last Tuesday, and the affiict-
ed parts inside are no worse, l cannot
say that his spirits or courage are less
than a week ago. In short, the gen.
eral has benefited as much as could
have been expected by any change,
and to-day he is stronger than when
he came here"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
Hon. Richard I. Merrick Dead.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-RichaId
T. Merrick died this morning shortly
after ten o'clock at his home on F
street, near 18th, in the 59th year of
his age. He had not been conscious
for several days up to the time of his
death. None of the members of his
immediate family were present at his
desth-bed except his eldest daughter.
Mrs. Taylor and others of Mrs. Mer-
rick's relative were, however, pres
ent. Mrs. Merrick, who is very ill,
was not aware of the critical nature
of Mr.. Merrick's illness, as her ply
sicians deemed it inadvisable to in
form her. Last night there were such
hopeful signs in Mr.. Merrick's condi-
tiGn that the physicians and watchers
were encouraged to believe that his
condition would improve. So this
morning when he began to SINK, and
his fine physique succumbed to the
long struggle with disease, the shock
was keenly felt among his friends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
The Union Dead.

From the n. Y. sun.
Twenty years have passed since
the close of the civil war and now, at
last, careful official record of the
number of deaths that occurred in the
Union army has been made. A lit
lie more than twelve months ago, on
the ID of June, 1884, General Drum
directed Mr.. J. w. Kirkley, an ex-
perienced statistician of the Adju-
tant Generals office, to begin the
compilation of all attainable official
documents has now produced a table
of statistics which far surpasses in
completeness anything on the subject
hitherto existing.
To state the grand result at the out
set, the table shows total of 1858
deaths Of commissioned officers and
$40, 913 deaths of enlisted men, max
ing an aggregate of 359, 1876 deaths
among the Union forces. The peri
cd included in the record is, for the
regular troops, the interval between
April 10, 1861, and August /, 1865;
for a portion Of the volunteers it is
prolonged beyond the latter date I'M
til the muster out of each OrganiZa-
ton, 1t will be remembered that
the troubles in Mexico and other
causes Occasioned the retention of
some volunteers in the service after
the downfall of the COnfederancy
Indeed, as Mr.. Kirkley notes, the
last white volunteer organization
was disbanded November IS, 1867,
and the last cOIOred regiment De-
cember 20, 1877, while the last officer
Of the volunteer general staff was
not mustered out until July 1, 1869.
Yet, careful as the examination of
the records has been, one lack rem
ders it still far from complete. The
death registers of some of the largest
prisons at the South used for the
confinement of Union soldiers are
missing, For the prisons at Ameri-
Gus, Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston,
Lynchburg, Macon, Marietta, Mo-
bile. Montgomery, Savannah,
Shreveport and Tyler the registers
have not been secured at all, and the
importance of these prisons is we'll
known. Only partial records were
had from the prisons at Cahaw5a,
Columbia, Florence, S. c., Millen
and Salisbury. There have been
ways, it is true, of partly working
up these deficiencies; but on the
other hand, as Quartermaster Gener.
al Meigs, cited by Mr.. Kirkley, has
shown, in many Southern prisons
three or four cOrpses of Union pris-
OLers were sometimes hurried in the
same trench and the number of
graves only imperfectly indicates the
number of dead. Even in this most
imperfect record the number of
Union soldiers known to have died
in captivity were close upon thirty
thousand-in exact figures, 29,49S.
The late Investigation we may add,
has increased by about one sixth
the records of death among Union
prisoners.
Taking Mr.. Kirkley's tables, we
derive from them the following gen.
eral results:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

The official tables, as published
from manuscript copy in the Arn1y
and Navy Journal, further distributes
all these classes of deaths among the
Union troops by states, it being ex-
planned that the phrase "Other known
causes' includes deaths resulting
frOmGuarrelS not amounting to muir.
der, from being shot by sentres or
by the provost guard and miscelle-
neous causes. This aggregate of
nearly 100000 deaths of Union SOL
diers must be supplemented by like
record of Confederate soldiers, in Or
der to find the real number of vic
Tins to the war in both armies. Then
the naval deaths must also be ascer
tanned and added. Many a soldier
and sailor met a fate more dreaded
than death in being crippled for life
or made the prey of some lingering
disease contracted in the service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
State OfiIrad6.

New YORK, June 20. -BrdolStreet'S
Journal, in its commercial summary
says: Especial kilograms to Brad
streets from the larger cities through
out the United States continue the
record of almost uniform mid-sum-
mer dullness. At few of the small
Ter cities there has been an improved
demand for loans, notably at Detroit.
At the larger trade centers the re-
verse is true, with the sole exception
of Cincinnati, where the demand for
money is mainly to move the new
clip of wool. The volume of pro.
duce and general merchandise mOv-
ing throughout the country is light,
probably smaller than at like peri
cd last year. In the Northwestern,
or wheat country, this is undoubtedly
the case. The surplus bank reserves
at the Eastern financial circles, as
we'll as at Chicago, continne substan.
cially as heavy as heretofore, and call
loans unprecedently low.
The iron and steel industries show
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
ConkIing not out of Politics.

WASHINGTON, June q. Mr..
Conkling has gone abroad. When
he returns in the fall his friends will
banquet him. How and when to
emerge from his isolation politically
has for some time been discussed by
Mr., COnkling's friends. Presumably
the question has notat all times been
absent from his own thoughts, The
idea of not returning to political life
has not dWelt with him. Returning
at no distant day has been settled
purpose. The opportunity and the
way has been looked for. Mr.. COnk-
ling knows as well as anybody what
are the chances Of a game wherein
victory depends on the mountain
going to MOhammed, The noun
tain has as yet shown no disposition
to move, and so he has begun to
think about doing it. Pursured too
long, the game of being out Of poll
ties gets out of mind. That does not
at all accord with Mr.. Conkling's
purpose. 1t is the very last thing
that would afford him the slightest
pleasure. 1t is certainly to his ma
ture. totally. Of late he has not been
able to keep from himself that it is,
however, precisely what must hap
pen as the result of longer posing out
Of politics. Nor has it appeared to
him probable that after scuttling the
ship to spite the mate he will be cal
led to command a new one by the
survivors. To revenge himself on
Mr.. Blame he or his friends for him
claim that he beat the Republican
party, Ii he did no one has offered
to crown him as patriot for doing
so. On the contrary. Mr.. Conkling
has been drifting out Of sight of late,
and his friends here deliberated how
to bring him back into office. They
will do it in the fall when he returns
HUH HIS NdCdllOll dDTOdl.
Next falI's election in New York
will include State Senators, who will
participate in the election of u. S.
Senator two years from next winter.
Mr.. COnkling is reported to have
said that seat in the Senate is to be
preferred to the Presidency-that is
that it suits him better. When he
returns from abroad the banquet
which his friends intend to give him
will afford him an opportunity to
get one leg at least over the fence, as
the beginning of the operation OF
getting back into politics. The New
York Republicans are engaged in
healing their discussions and bring
ing back the wanderers. The eX-
Senator's friends have made up their
minds that it is profitIess and unnat-
ural for them TO longer remain "0ut-
side of politics." and he himself is
said to recognize the reasonableness
of the suggestion. AS they cannot be
Democrats, there is no place for them
or him but in the Republican ranks,
and thither will they before long 90.
They have started already. Mr.,
Conkling's route lies by way of Eu-
rope,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
Sam Kendall thinks the "offensive

Sam Kendall thinks the offensive
partizan" dodge fiimsy pretense.
He thinks Republicans should be re-
moved because.they are Republicans.
AZ wouldn't give nickle for man
who isn't an offensive partisan in the
sense now applied to the term, ac-
lively in the interest of the party to
which he belongs. l am an offensive
partisan myself"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

Where stipulation was made to
pay a firm of real estate brokers a
certain compensation in case a sale of
certain property should be effected
sin any wise through their influence
or fundamentally" within the peri
cd of sixty days. the st. Louis Court
of Appeals held that where, before
the expiration of such period, they
brought the property to the attention
of purchaser, and made such repre-
sensations to him as induced him to
commence negotiations with the
owner for the purchase of it, they
were entitled to their commissions.
although the sale was in fact con-
summated between the purchaser
and the owner after the expiration of
the sixty days. COTE vs.. Gibson, de-
cided May 10.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

e. C. TilIson. support Mrs. Moore Is 90
W. $. Pew, support George Wood ,....... D 90
A. +. Getty, support William Hoover, 20 on
NJ. Bov ser, support Henry Hair ......~.. 10 90
Brobst. 20 90
Mary LiSh support Louisa Lish.. 10 90
CT. West support Harry Upperman, 10 Oh
w. NJ. Thayer support Mary Lipscomb 20 90
D. H. Loar, support Caroline COle,....". ID 90
Total, .... ........ .....SI, O5S 90
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
ATTORNEYS FEES.
/, veitcb States Attorney, IT rec

. o"nizances ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 256 SO
same IA misdemea nors,.................... lib 80
same 3 felonies ........... so 90
j. w. Neitch, States Attorney, trial
fees approved by coUrt.................... 46O w
d. A1ieGanV Co. trial of Lewis SHAKER, 40 90
Pedtlicord e Thayer SmiSdemeanors, 26 is
Same felonv.,..... ............. 10 %
g. :. Hamill , misdemeanOrs,.. .......... TO
u use S r. r. semmes. 1000
Veitch & Townshend, attorney in civil
w w
Total, 81 1853 81
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

REMOVED CASE,

County Commissioners of Allegany
county, costs in case ofStatevs. Lewis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
CLERKS OFFICE.

w. Fl. Tower fees, use f. u. Towers 100 90
S me balance. ................. .......... 966 ~
same estimate ;opay expenses ufSept
Court, 1885, and May Court, lSS6,..... 2, 200 90
w IL. Tower May Court, 1885, use Bird
National Bank, Cumberland............ 500 90
Total 81, 1865 40
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The County School Commissioners of
Garrett county for Public Schools, 200 %
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

Total assessment 9lOI47 90
AT sl.l219 on each Sl0U................S 1889 Is
The state tax is fixed by law at 1881 cents
on each 500 assessabe property, which. ad-
ded to the SlI215 for county purposes, makes
the sum OF Sl.3lH on each 500 ofassessable
property in Garrett county for the year 1885.
DaSLs Ior otate ,75499l 60
G.. w. MERRILL,
Clerk 10 Commissioners,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.

John B. Fay. printing per contract. 800 90
Same, publishing from Juue LIST, 1885, to
June LIST, lSS6............. ................ 200 90
James a. Hayden, publishing from
June LIST, 1885, to June lst lSo6.......... 200 90
Total $50 co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
ORPHANS COURT
SHERIFF'S FEES,

Estimate to pay Judges $500 90
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

CORRESPONDENTS must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

HOSPITALS.

HOSPITALS.
Maryland )spital patients to Dec. 81,
lNops..........-. %
MOntevue hospital patient to July l.,
lJOOO
IOJa 90
COURT HOUSE FUND.
For redemption of Bonds, ...............sl 900 90
interest on Bonds,.............."........ 40 90
Total 40 "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27

contingent ,6H 49,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06
ST0RRS.s n FEE.
HOW He Got Damages for an Honest
Grauger-s Old Cow.

| once heard Emory A. Storrs tell of the
first fee he ever received. 4 farmer who
had a cow killed by a railroad train en-
ployed him to prosecute a suit for damages,
and Storrs got a verdict for SO. A few
days after the farmer came in rubbing his
hands in great glee. and congratulated
Storrs on the eloquent speech he made to
the jury. 1.-The old critter wasn't worth
more thar SIS. said the farmer, ''and how
You got SIS for her is more than lean com
prehend. It must nave been that speech of
yours, and I'll pay you literally, my boy.
Have you collected the Judgment ?"
Il have replied Storrs.
Then we'll settle. and I'll pay you lib
orally, too"
storrs handed out s15, saying, There's
your share"
Flows thats' asked the astonished far
mer.
sWell, you say your old cow was worth
only sf5, aud my speech was worth $50.
Amt you satisfied
s'Wall no, y responded the farmer. 81
don't think it's quite honest"
Then take that, you id cormorant, =
exclaimed Mr.. Storrs, throwing u another
S. bill.-SrtgrIay Eosaiag Gdsefe.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06
A WOMAN NEVER rORGETS.

A woman never forgets her lovers. Ever
and moi she recalls them as in IA sweet,
sad dream, and she counts tl,em as the nun
counts her beads in her devotions. But a
man forgets. He don't care mach. A
woman at 60 is always serious and sensi-
BILE, and if left a widow she lives true to
her memories, and comforts herself with
her children and grandchildren. But a
widower of three score years is the biggest
fool upon earth. There ought to be a re-
formatory prison for boys under Is and
widowers over so. An old widower will
put Grape on his hat and dye on his beard,
and start out on a matrimonial skirmish in
two or three months after the funeral
BIZ Arp.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06
VOL IL.
OyER-PRODUCTIGN

When earth produces, free and fair,
The golden, waving corn;
When fragrant fruits perfume the air,
And tieecy flocks are shorn:
While thousands move with aching head,
And sing this ceaselesss song;
awe starve, we die: oh, give us brcad.'
There mustsbe, something wrong.
When wealth is wrought as seasons roll
From Off the fruitful soil;
When luxury from pole to pole
Reaps fruits of human toll:
When from a thousand, one alone
In plenty rolls along,
While others only gnaw the bone,
There must be something wrong.
And when production never ends,
The earth is yielding ever,
4 copious harvest oft begins,
But distribution, never,
When toiling millions work to fill
The wealthy Golfers strong;
When those are crushed who work and till.
There must be something wrong.
When poor mems tables waste away
TIC barrenness and drought
There must be something in the way
That's worth the finding out;
With surfeits one great table bends,
While numbers move along,
While scarce a crust their board extend3,
There must be something wrong.
THEN LET THE LAW CIV EQUAL RIGHT
To wealthy and to poor;
Let j JUSTICE CRUSH the arm of might;
We ask for nothing more.
Until this system is begun
The burden of our song
Must and can be, this only one,
There must be something wrong.
-Elizd Cook.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06

corn. ''Sueh happiness as they enjoy is
not dreamed Of by any other people on
earth, 3 said my friend. They exist like
the mote in the sunbeam, simply for the
pleasure of existing, . said ], and then we
turned toward the house and were soon
abed. don't know how my friend Jared,
but am certain | must have. in my
dreams that night, danced at least a quar-
ter of a million jigs, while a vision of
sparkling eyes and dusky faces whirled in
a b%ewildering maze before my unsteady
vision.-X IL Folsom in Ameyfeua Re-
c0rdef.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06

We rave fine dlmask linen towels, 40
inches long by 90 inches wide, at % cents;
also heavy huck towels, all linen, 36 inches
long by 10 inches wide, at faa cents. Our
stock Of linen table diapers and figured
linen damask, in all widths, from AZ to u
inches wide, is full and complete. we
know just where and how to buy these
goods and sell at a close margin OF profit.
Il. b, Humphreys 4 Go.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06

During a discussion of religious topics
Young Brown said:-''I tell you that if the
other animals do not exist after death
neither will man. There is NJ difference
between man and a beast" And good old
Jones mildly replied: 'If anybody could
convince me of that it would be you,
Brown
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06
Written for THE MONITOR.
LITTLE SERMONS.

denim us. Self-condemned is every man
who, knowing the right yet did it not. The
excuses he is building now will at the judg-
ment fade from his touch, as bubbles go
away before a baby's breath; and he will
be speechless as was the man who went into
the marriage supper not having on his we'd
ding garment. We must face oar record,
and if it be bad we can answer it nothing.
but must 20 away into its inst and legiti-
mate fruit. Only that record is safe that
has the approval Of God and the applause
of conscience. IL is the highest wisdom to
write the record Of every day by a torch
lit from the White Throne Of eternal right.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06

Ladies' Balbriggan hose, extra length,
regular made, no seams, 90 cts. Same
goods, silk clocked, double heels, 25c. All
sizes, all colors in cllildren's ribbed hose,
6 to 81, IL cts. a pair. f. B. Humphreys
& Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06

LEfsK9tEskStF
That We can, in connection with the MONITOR,
secure you Il subscription to any paper or
magazine published, at a much lower price
than the regular rate, and you will do well to
let us know if You are contemplating Il sub
scription to any publication.
THE MONITOR, Woodstown, NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-06

We have a good nook lace shoe for men
lat 81. 5 {, and the same in youths at S1.25.
These are fine goods and will do honest
wear. We also have a nice grain button
hoe for ladies at $i.25, the best we ever
|Rad at the price. Il. B. Humphreys " Co.