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Daily Republican., 1885-08-08
News Summary.

IL Is ofhcially announced that the
President, since the beginning OF his
term has made 476 appointments of
postmasters, of which IA were to
vacancies caused by expiration of terms
or.resigna lion, and 1893 in place of
suspended officers. " Every case of
suspension has been carefully CON.
sidered upon evidence in pursuar CO OF
the same principles by which he WAS
nGmmided iD the besinnlng, and lar ge
nu,nptr o rs..od removals have ~
refused because the PROOFS We're not
such in his Judgment as to warra mt
the action"
Secretary Whitney has written n
letter to the assignees OF John Roach,
IN which lie says the contracts with
that gentleman for the construction ol
The new cruisers (the Boston, the AT.
lanta and the Chicago), have been for.
feited and the government will CON .
plete the work at the navy yards.
The President yesterday amend ed
the rule OF the Civil Service act de6n.
ing the class OF officers excepted from
EXAMINATIONS 80 as to make il read
That medical examiners are not to be
classed as professional persons excepted
from examination.
Advices of a cyclone which mas ssef
down Loup Valley, in Omaha, hay,
beeD rec-ived. 1t lasted twenty min
utes, and nearly wrecked the town o
Ord. Tin roofs were torn up, veal
buildings blown down and crops de.
stroyed.
Colonel A. G. Sharpe, Chief P Post
ONCE Inspector, has resigned. and hi
resignation has been accepted. ia me
Maynard, present Chief CLERK OF th,
| Division Inspectors, will temporaril,
take Colonel Sharpe's place.
President Cleveland and all the mem
bers OF his Cabinet, except Secretar,
Manning, who had gone before, lei
washington yesterday afternoon 70
New York, 70 attend tho funeral O
General Grant.
Ex secretary Fish, of New York
being prevented by illness from seryin
as one of General Grants pail bearer,
the President has appointed Anthon
j. Drexel il his stead.
| A telegram from Washington az va
10 understood that Minister Kelley will
soon resign his present office, and tina
he Will not be appointed TO anoth,
foreign mission.
Twenty two Sioux children arrive
in Washington yesterday on the wa
to the Indian School at Hampton. WI
ginia. 80
Professor j. Z. Hilgard, the su sper
ded superintendent of the Coast an,
Heodeuc Survey, resigned yestArda
fanu MS resignation was accepted.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

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Daily Republican., 1885-08-08
Earth to Earth.

To-day the remains OF the man were
eommitted TO the tomb who twenty
years ago saved the nation from DIRE
disaster and destruction. Not Iii lne
history of the nation has there been
such universal sorrow in every section
of the Union. The name Of General
Grant has some how always been asso.
ciated in the popular mind with that Of
preserving the Union. Though the
Office of President OF the United States
is an exalted one, 1t is not that he was
for eight years the President OF the
grandest nation of the world that his
memory Is honored. But 1t is to the
leader of the Union armies that this
universal testimony Of respect has been
shown.
If General Grant had never sat in the
chair Of Washington the American
people would still have honored him in
death. Though ossentation and show
is not the best manner OF showing the
deep gratitude Of the heart, we believe
that In this case the public heart Of the
people is sincere. The completeness of
the great work he brought TO . success
full result is shown in the real sorrow
that comes from the South. 1t is meet
and fit that the South should clothe her.
self in sack cloth an j sit As . mourner
at the gates Of her cities. The South
never had truer friend than General
Grant aud through the surrender OF her
armies at Appomattox, she Is in more
prosperous condition than ever before.
She has got clear of the cancer OF sla-
very that was daily eating out her
vitals, and free from that curse she has
entered upon career Of prosperity that
has obliterated all the bitter feelings Of
the war. For this reason the South
cordially joins with the North In doing
honor to the dead hero. Fer this reason
Confederate Generals that wore the
gray locked arms with Union Generals
that wore the blue and bore the casket
tina. contained the loved remains to the
grave. 1t was righ. and proper that
sixty millions of people united TO tes-
tify their sorrow at the death of the
preserver of the Union.
II the great soldier, today mourned
by the whole nation, had failed to &C
complish the work assigned him to per
form, it is appalling to contemplate
what the consequences to humanity
would have been. Republican institu
tions would have been discredited tn
werld over. All the hopes that the op
pressed Of every nation expressed in tn
success Of the work Of Washington ant
Jefferson down to the time of Lincoln
would have been rudely dashed to tn
ground, and the Declaration OF Inde
pendence would have become a his
and by-word the world over.
Considering the great debt Of graf
tude we owe to the great soldier for IL
work he accomplished, We should in q
ways possible give expression to Il
grief We feel at the loss Of one who rel
dered such noble service to the Repu
q: s.; Let our prayer ever be that IL ev
in similar danger, she may also ind a
other son amongst the workshops Of t
nation as devoted and AS loyal
the one over whom the nation is tod
bowed in grief.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

THE Ian ncaster base ball club has
followed the Wilmington club and has
gone where the woodbine twineth.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

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Daily Republican., 1885-08-08
Disgu sting Newmsnfsm.

Now that General Grant Ia laid away
IN his tomb, let us hope that the coun-
try will not be afflicted any more, at
Least for long time to come, with hear
ing the fulsome filtteries of Parson
Newman. The less that is heard of
him hereafter the better will the country
like him. Fortunately the fame, the
goodness and greatness of Gen. Grants
character and life cannot be dimmed,
and therefore his empty, .u!some
eulogy of him falls harmless. II Is
only to be regretted that some plain,
grand old minister Of the gospel, who
felt all he said and who spoke from the
heart, had 10. been selected TO perform
the last sad, solemn rites in the closing
scenes of grand character. The ex-
travagance of Language aud tho mean
ingless plasitudes Of the long winded
parson shows that he had self in view
rather than to extol the virtues of the
illustrious dead. Judging from the
plain tastes and modest demeanor of
General Grant during his life time and
his utter detestation Of empty display,
such studied effort at oratory would
have been very distasteful to hi m could
he have heard it, as it was to all Ills
friends.
1t must be said with grief and sh
that no department Of publ speaking
has become more subject of DISCUS,
and ridicule than that of delivering
funeral orations- Parson Newman
should stick out his shipgle hereafter
and announce himself open to engage
ments as funeral orator, and that fune
raj sermons will be prepared according
to the price paid. II his spread eagle
splurge over General Grant was for
the hope OF large pecuniary reward,
the whole nation will hope that he NAV
be disappointed In his object. 1t cause.
a nauseous feeling OF DISCUS. to arise
amongst the people when we consider
that this parsou Newman is the man
who accepted $4,000 fee for preach
ing fulsome sermon over the remains
of the son of q California millionaire
who had no claim whatever to dlstinc
tion than shat his father was wealthy
We hear something also of this $40 ,OOl
fee parson accepting a retainer of $40,
from o newspaper publisher for de
scription OF the death bed scenes Of
General Grant, which he returned wheI
the affair leaked out. That this parsos
"for revenue only" should have hat
the confidence of General Grant can b,
accounted for on the ground that hi
ever trustful and over-contiding natur,
was the weakest point of his character
and many time led him into trouble
1t was this that m ade him q victim tx
the per6dious Ward while he was liv.
ing, and 1t was this that gave Newman
the opportunity to glorify himself afte
his death. Let Newman now pass ou
of the public sight and the public mint
at the same time, and let the nation
talk alone of the character and virtue
of the frss soldier Of the world. N
more parson Newman.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08
rhe Great Granger Pie. Mic


We have received circulars contain
ing arrangements for the great Gran
ger picnic, to be held in Williams
Grove, Cumberland County, Pennsyl-
vania, on Monday, August 31st, and to
last nearly two weeks. 1t promises to
be one OF the grandest agricultural
demonstrations ever seen In this coun-
try, and its attractive features will
exceed those OF any other similar COCA
sion. The program will consist OF
addresses, essays, declsmations, recita-
tions and other literary exercises. The
publicj lectures will be marked by q
practical adaptation OF the subject
matters to the varied wants of farm
life, and trials of machinery will take
place at fxed times.
Among the distinguished visitors,
Hon. Gilman Speed, Com missioner
General Of the American. London Exhi-
bition, will be present, TO cultivate the
acquaintance of American farmers and
manufacturers. Last year over one
hundred Thousand farmers, represent
ing twenty-five States, attended this
gathering, and from present indications
the number will be much greater this
year. Manager Thomas states that
over three hundred manufacturers of
agricultural Implements and q large
numb Der CT raisers Of fine stock have
already madc application for space for
exhibition.
Last year our friend William Dean,
Of this State, took . leading part In
this great farmers demonstration, and
he, with many other agriculturists,
fruit and stock raisers, OF whom our
State has many, will be on hand this
year.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08
MICHIGAN GRAINS.

LANSING, Mich, Aug. The Aug.
mh uIe oiop 'epots estimates the Yield Of
ao5 IN a,l tlis sue at "a, 4oI, GOO bushels
es,i in ,oo1,oio r nusheis more than thb July
t;na "'o. ~ oon III the southern coun.
Na,p oa prom ises 90 per cent, and in the
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Crop Prospects.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug I TT G
July report Of the National Cotton Ex.
change says of the cotton crop that The
weather conditions during ] nly over tn,
whole belt have been very favorab,e q I
the growth and development Of III,
plant. Cultivation has been nh shed
and the crops have been laid by in GOOD
trim. The percentage has been ad yano
ell 10 " against % at his o. @ OF June
FoilowinR is the conditi of the cron,
by Sta;es
Virginia, 90; South Carolina. 97
90 'of.ua, ooi lennessee, "a Louisiana
,saia 80 alhahsas, ns " North Carolina, 95
Georgia, 98; Alabama, 95 Mississippi,
50; Texas, SO. 'ff'
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

WILMINGTON skill and superior
workm anship have triumphed again in
the building of water craft. The
yacht Priscilla, built by the Harlan 8;
Hollingsworth Company, has twice
beat the Puritan, and both have proven
their ability to cope even-handed at
least with the Genesta, that has come
to test American skill aud craft. There
Is more than an even chance for the
Priscilla carrying off the cup held by
the America.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

THE past year has not been q pros.
porous one for railroads, as they every.
where with few exceptions show fall.
ing off of their earnings. The general
business depression and the war on
rates has been the cause OF this failure
to make money and declare the usual
fair.sized dividends. The end OF the
rate war and revival OF business
would soon put the roads on the way
Of making money gain.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

THE MOURNING of the South over
the dea th of General Grant is all right
and proper, and If sincere does honor
20 the Southern heart and charaste
The people of the North will naturally
10 ok for an evidence Of that honesty by
a cessation OF the means by which the
voice of the majority of the people of
that section has been stihej.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08
CORN IN BERKS, PA.

,,n "a " 81 l1, aug. The late rain
aat, naa pIesenteu Total failure Of the
oiop IN the northern tier of dis
tie most favorable weather from now
ON until it is harvested, the Gro b viii,
not exceed SO per cent Of last stason,s "a
yield.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

So far the te2ters on the Brandywine
Summit camp meeting grounds have
not been troubled with q super-abun+
ance Of dust.
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

EvOR SALE lands SPRING DEARBORN
= wagons, good stock, fair prices. Alec
full limo OF repairs for the champ ion mako Of
harvesting machines. W. HAMMOND,
Second and French streets. ml-3m
Daily Republican., 1885-08-08

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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19

The abbott" is The Kiss, the one
kiss, the true kiss, the original kiss
as old as man and women, untaught
unlearned, the "long, long kiss Of
youth and love" 1t is sacrilege to
call it the abbott kiss" Never true
lovers but it was their kiss; it is loves
universal language, as free as the all
it sighs, as spontaneous as its throb'
bing heart-pulse. 1t is the kiss of the
Nightingale and the Rose; of the
Moonlight and Midsummer OF Dream
and realization; of Rhapsody and
Rest Of Passion and Poesy. What
true poet yet who was not in his heart
of hearts truest of lovers and sang not
from its fullness the ecstacy Of this
kiss?-the kiss which one besought to
grow TO his lips" the kiss OF the
"soft lips" which another swore "would
tempt you to an eternity of kissing .
the kiss which CoriolGnas thought as
"long as an exile, as sweet as re.
venge;" the kiss which Shelley sang az
'The soft and sweet eclipse
When soul meets soul on lovers lips"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19

He is tender and gentle and good to me always;
have loved him from girlhood-shall love
him till death.
The home he has made me true lovers Eden,
Except for serpent that's lurking beneath.
Here sit and embroidery, paint plaques and
write poetry,
And wait for his coming-his fond little wife,
But when rush to him and ask II he loves me,
He kisses me, saying, "You bet your sweet
lfe."
oh, how can bear it? For love is so serious,
so sweet and so solemn, that cruel the pang
glbe true heart must feel when its deepest out
pouring
He met in such fashion with jest and with
slang.
But the end is approaching, and, e'cn though it
Aill me.
I'll leave him since surely he has no regard
For his wife-or to day when asked II he loved
me
He'd never have snswered-"why cert little
pard."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19
The kissing stand Must Go.

Evangelist Moody has thrown a
bombshell into the camp of the organ
izers OF church fairs. He has been
holding forth during the past week
1T Reading, and something
has aroused him on the subject OF
questionable devices for raising mon
ey for the church. 1t is quite time
that somebody was aroused and some
thing said on this subject by person
who can command respect, and Mr..
Moody seems to be the right kind Of
person.
The particular form OF church fair
abuse which has attracted his atten.
ton is the custom of setting up a
pretty young lady in the midst Of the
fair paraphernalia and allowing her to
be kissed, at twenty-five cents a kiss
by any and all corners. OF course, the
people who come to church fair are
supposed in theory to be respectable
and otherwise unobjectionable from q
kisser's point of view, but in fact there
is no guarantee and no way OF getting
or enforcing a guarantee of anything
OF the kind. 1t is not easy to under.
stand how a refined young lady could
submit to become everybody's sweet.
heart, even at fair for the benefit oi
the church, without more or less con.
sciousness Of degradation, and, nc
matter how benevolent the motive oil
her submission to the process, those
who patronize the kissing stand are
very likely to entertain somewhat less
respect for her forever afterward.
Thus the kissing stand Injuries both
the active and the passive parties tc
its operation. There is no doubt thai
Brother Moody is right and that il
ought to go, Notwithstanding the OBJ
jections likely to be raised by the
young people to its going. kissing il
good thing in its place, but its plac,
is in private.-PhiladelphiG Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19

Work on the new railroad is pro-
crossing, and the constructive force is
being increased from day to day,
There are now between seventy-five
and one hundred hands at work. To-
day Mr.. Innman, of North Carolina,
who has received contract, will com
mence operations in the Burson
Grove cut, Weather permitting A
force of hands under Mr.. Sargent, of
New York, is fast clearing out and
widening the cut near the N. & w. R.
r. Mr.. Hughes has we'll organized
force at work near Mr. Raiders. (Capt.
Bibb is experimenting the building
of quarters for convicts on Wolfe Run,
and we are assured that at least $50
convicts will be at work in few days.
Capt. Gates is out in the country ,ook-
ing after bridge and trestle timber.
Taking all things into consideration
the outlook is more favorable than at
any time for years. The indications
are that Dir, Bailey means to build the
road. The DR.. has very little to say
about his plans and purposes, and we
are compelled to await developments,
which, we are glad to say, have SO far
been very satisfactory. We are not
disposed to shout before we are we'll
out of the woods, but can't help feel.
ing good over the fact that the woods
are plainly not so dense as they were
few weeks ago.-,-Bristol Reporter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19
GaIvesson's Great Fire.

GALVESTON, Texas, November IA
The following description will serve
as diagram Of the fire. The city lies
at the east end of an oval-shaped island
pointing nearly east and west The
thoroughfares running lengthwise of
the island are all avenues lettered al
phabetically, beginning on the north
or bay side with Avenue A, and par
ellelling across the island to Avenue
q, with the streets additional to-wit:
M and A half, and Q and A half,
This makes nineteen streets cutting
the island lengthwise. The cross
streets are numbered, beginning with
Sixth street at the nose OF the island
and running west to tifty-third street.
! he fire district begins in the middle
OF block bounded by Sixteenth and
Seventeenth, at Avenue B, crossed di-
agonally to the corner of Avenue d,
and Nineteenth street, thence south
along Nineteenth to Avenue ] (or
Broadway when it jumps west one
square to Twenty-frst street, thence
south to avenue M, thence back to
Twentieth street, thence straight along
Twentieth to avenue 0, starting again
at avnue B. The district runs south
seven squares along Sixteenth street
to avenue |, thence west to the corner
of avenue | and Seventeenth street,
thence south three squares to avenue
NJ, thence west half a block to the
middle of avenue NJ, thence south to
avenue N, thence west to the corner
Of avenue N and Nineteenth street,
and thence along Nineteenth street to
avenue 0.
The Galveston News, touching the
great fire, says: "The conduct Of the
people of Galveston, in view of the
calamity that befel them yesterday,
cannot be too highly commended.
The shock was severe test and ter
rible, but Galveston will come out of
it undismayed. The loss is great but
Galveston can bear up under the pres
sure. The people Of the city are now
on their mettle and in this condition
they are at their best Many families
are homeless and some people lost all
they had. 1t was a great calamity ;
but there will be no unrelieved suffer
ling. The driving Of the wheel of Gal
veston's existence is unimpaired. The
soul OF the city is not disturbed. The
busy wants Of commerce 60 on as if
nothing had happened. The prompt
manner in which the citizens assem-
bled to make provisions for the inn
poverised and distressed, shows the
spirit that animates the city of Gal
weston, and is equal to an emergency
much greater than she is confronted
with at present. She will be as beauti-
full as ever in a few months and is doing
business at her old stand.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19

The reporter who is very ignorant
always begins his article, ave are
well informed"
When the reporter relies on mere
rumor, he writes gWe learn from a
perfectly reliable source"
When he is uncertain, he writes GAS
is well known"
II he had written all that can be
written on subject, he adds awe
might continue this subject for col
umns."
If he does not hear anything, at all
he writes "It has come to our ears"
If he does not know how an atfail
started, be writes "As our readers arr
well aware"
If nobody has said a word tc hin
on subject he writes "We have jus
been assured. Texas Siftings.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-19
MaInone's Successor.

"You know, in Virginia we are not
much on dark horses said General
Hunton to a reporter yester, in reply
to question as to who would be Ma
homes successor. "Only two persons
are thought of for the Senate" con-
tinued General Huntoh, "Messrs. Bar
bour and Daniel, and when the con-
test narrows down in our State to two
recognized leaders one of the other
will finally succeed. | think that Mr..
Barbour has the largest following, for
the rank and file of the party concide
that the State owes him great debt
OF gratitude. Malone beat us two
years in succession and it looked as
though he had the State so firmly in
his grasp that the Democracy was
powerless. When the third effort was
made the party determined to make
a supreme move and John S. Barbour
was put at the helm. He made sys.
tematic canvass Of the situation, or
ganized the party in every village and
hamlet in the State and gave the
shewdest advice and council at Sc
cret meeting of the party leaders
The result was the complete routing
OF the enemy. | think it is almost
certain that he will succeed Malone
and Governor-elect Fitz Lee will tel
you the same thing if you will asl
him."