Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10

publican majority. | had talk last Thurs
day with Colonel POorman, editor of the
Bellaire Tribune, who is stumping the state
delivering his great speech on state finances
and the mismanagement of the state affairs
by the democracy. Colonel POOrman said:
Il apprehend good republican majority
in the state II we can get the vote out. Ap-
athy is the greatest enemy to republican
success this fall; but / believe that the re-
publicans are waking up, and that by the
time of the election they will roll up their
sleeves and pile up a splendid republican
majority. have been talking with Gener-
al Keifer today. The General assures me
the alleged disaffection among the republi-
can workingmen in Springfield has been
very much exaggerated. states that the
situation is growing gradually more favora-
BILE for the republicans; that even within
the past week the chances for a good repub-
lican majority in Clark county have increased
wonderfully. Gen. Keifer deserves the high
est credit for the interest he is taking in
the republican campaign, l hear that he
proposes to devote his services to the cam
paign during the entire week before the
election. He may spend that time right
here in Clark county. l was in Madison
county last week. and was there assured
that Kennedy will have the usual republi
can majority which Madison always gives,
il not larger. McMillin was there last
week, and am told that he made a poor
impression, and that he will not be able to
poll the full strength of the democratic
ticket there. McMillin is a man of little
or no personal magnetism, whereas Ken
nedy is an electric battery in himself. Ken
nedy will roll up his sleeves and devote
himself personally to the campaign, and
mark my words, if he does not have fine
majority.
The three things which make democratic
success this fall an impOssibility, are: First
the disaffection among the democrats them
selves on account OF the senatorial frauds
and of the Cincinnati election frauds; sec
ond. on account of the mismanagement of
the penitentiary; third, on account of the
of the democrats with the
policy of President Cleveland"
Col Poorman is doing good work for the
republican party, and it was unfortunate
that his speech in Springfield happened to
be set for the same night as the great Ken
nedy demonstration at Bellefontaine, thus
making il necessary TO cancel the Spring
field engagement
Mr.. Herbert Fessenden has been added
to the Grand opera-hOuse orchestra, In the
capacity of viola player.
The Orpheus Vocal Society will soon
rehearsing the works which will
form the programme of the festival con-
certs next May.
Springfield music-lovers will be interested
to hear that there will be grand opera
festival in Cincinnati commencing NOvem-
Der - Theodore Thomas American Op-
era Co. will be the attraction. There will
propably be reduced rates from this city to
Cincinnati Oh this occasion.
Mr.. NJ. V. Wyrick, of this city, returned
this evening from the reglmental reunion of
the Third Ohio, which has just closed al
PerryviIle, Ky. Mr.. Wyrick brought back
with him curiously engraved knife which
he found on the field and eight canes which
he cut from thicket on the scene of the
battle. Five veterans attended the reunion
from Springfield.
The Central Committee in this city is in
formed that Kennedy's majority In Logan
county will reach 1.500.
1t is doubtful whether a dozen of our
readers can tell what the W. Z. l.. T. stand
for, and yet the w-e-l-t-ers have been a
prosperous society, duly organized with
president, officers and bylaws, is this city
since last July. The letters stand for the
West End Lightning Tickers, and the soc-
ETY. this euphOnius title represents, is one
devoted to amateur telegraphy. The socie-
ty was organized last July, and the objects
as stated in the bylaws are for easy and
speedy communication between its MEM
bers, and for attaining perfection in the art
of telegraphy. 1t has large and growing
membership, and some OF the members
have already become expert operators
throught their constant practice. The soci-
ETY. has forty-six cells or batteries, sixteen
instruments and about three miles Of wire,
which is stretched between the houses OF
the members. The line commences at Johr
& Co.'s coal Office, corner Mechanic and
Washington streets, which is the place OF
business of two of the members, Messrs
Chas. John and C. E. Young; from there il
extends to the residence OF Grant McCrary
on DeardOrff avenue; then to Charles
Young's. jefferson street, La Dru Layton's
Mechanic street; Ralph Willis, south Me
chanic: Chas. Johns, west Pleasant; Chas
Deardorf's, Plum street; Orrin Petticrew's
Plum street; ID. E. Barnum's, corner Jeffer
son and Plum; C. E. Hildebrand's, Jeffer
son street: Albert Pfeiffer, west Jefferson
Horace Shenck's, west Mulberry. Each o
the above named members has an instru
ment of the latest design, and the scheme
productive of much amusement and instruC
ton among the members of the society. L
will not be long before some of the younge
members of the society become as proticien
in the art of photography as the profession
al wire-jerkers.
The rat story which interested the read
ers of the GLoBE-REPUBLIC last week wa
copied into the columns Of the Cincinna,
Commercial Gazette and has commenced
long pilgrimage of the metropolitan ex