Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-02

ton. Buyers are reported to be taking iron
more freely, and in some instances large sales
have been made within the past week. Pig
iron has shown decided improvement, and
| from the West and South come reports of a
better trade Most of the iron mills, it is
stated, are well supplied with orders and gen.
orally better feeling prevails
| When the Hon. L. M. Hubbard, of Wal
| lingford, was selected as the nominee for
| Secretary of State on the Republican ticket
/ it was felt that his nomination would add
much to the strength of the ticket, especially
| in this county That it will there is no doubt.
He has many friends in this vincinity who
are working hard for the ticket. The indi-
cations are that the Republican vote in this
county will be large this year.
That there is wide difference between the
two great parties was well set forth by Hen
ry Cabot Lodge in his speech before the Mas
sachusetts Republican convention. He said:
The Republican party favors a reformed
civil service, the, Democratic party opposes
it. We are for protection solidly and unit
edly, they are against it. We are for honest
money and an unblemished credit. They
would assail both. We are for an honest
vote and an honest count, and they are
against both and are chiefly sustained by
States where neither exists. They have no
foreign policy. We believe in a vigorous
support of American rights and American
interests everywhere and at all times. What
greater difference could there be between
tvs political partiese What greater incite-
ment to campaign than the history of the
last yearl The work before us is to regain
national supremacy and this is the opening
of the struggle which is to end in 1888.
The number of French families with seven
living children is greater than the Chambers
supposed when they offered two years ago
to educate at the expense of the State one
son of every family of seven children. The
law to this effect is very old one, but has
never until now been acted upon Quite un-
expectedly SO many fathers of seven chill
dren applied to the Minister of Public In
struction that he was compelled, in order not
to exceed the credit of 1 ,OOO, 900 francs grant
ed him by the Chambers, to limit the priv
ilege asked for to the most gifted of the boys
in question. Three hundred and four awards
were thus made, and next year Chambers
will in all probability grant credit of TO-
900, 600 francs for the same purpose. 1t is
expected that the Conservative deputies will
favor the plan of distributing this amount
among the families concerned in preference
to the educational privilege, which they con-
tend is of doubtful value in most cases, while
The Radicals will probably before long vote |
TO have the privilege extended to families of |
six children.
1t has long been known that there were |
'ome good Indians besides dead ones. The |
Indians of Wisconsin are good |
'nes. In fact. ninety per cent. of them be-
ong to the church. About twenty five years
Igo missionary went among them and with
little outside assistance built a small
hurch. As soon as the Indians became in
crested in the work they made up their
minds that they must have better building.
20 it was agreed that everyone should do
omething toward that object. The men
worked every Saturday for the church and
he women and children devoted part of
heir time to tasks which would bring in a
ew cents for the cause. At length the new
hurch was built, but it was of wood, and in
little while it was destroyed by fire. With
ndaunted zeal the Indians went to work
gain, determined this time to have a build
,g of brick and stone. After years of SELF
enial nearly $4,000 was raised, and for
afe keeping it was put into bank at Green