Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-21

The late Thompson. of New York, who
made the great mistake of shooting his wife
before he killed himself. was simply dead
beat
1t has been discovered. recently. that the
British lion is nothing but Newfoundland
dog. made up for the occasion. Who's
afraid?
The Nrnia GG-cttc graduates" three
gifted girls in great shape, from its local
college thus giving them an alliterativc
>end-of.
Some tough beef may be- expected at the
summer hotels this season. Some Texas
cattle have been discovered with Greek in
>Criptiun> un them.
The Saloun-kerper~ of Ohio are coming
down handsomely. They know a non-par-
tiSan supreme court decision when they SEE
il in black and white.
nr. Leonard said at Cedarville that mo
christian" could support the Dow law"
A good many christians will make a des-
perate effort to do it. nevertheless.
The mloadei toy pistol has resumed its
deadly work. The banana peel and the toy
pistol are among the chief of our modern
terror>. They should both he fired.
1t seems now quite probable that the next
national house Of representatives will be
republican. The people always find one
dcmncratic house rather more than enough.
Sam Jones says that the devil will get
the rich old Mrthodi~tS." and others. who
refuse Ia give their money for tine support
of religion. Perhaps he has got" them
already. That's what's the matter with
Them. probably.
President Scelye. Of Amherst, will dis
cuS> the question should the state Teach
Religion >" in The Forum for July. We
venture the reply that the state should find
out something about religion before she AT
temptS 10 teach il
The Toledo Be prints this about two
amiable contemporaries
The editors Of the SanduSky Register and
j""-"" have reached a point In their personal
controversy when ~ - tlIue 10 call Tor pistols
for two and coffee for one.
Possibly it will be pistols for two" and
''coflins for two"
Gladstone Is beating the Conservative and
Anti-Gladstone Liberals on the platform
and stump" but the newspapers are firing
into him at great rate. The result OF the
campaign will show how much power there
l. 0r how little in the press of Great
Britain. Gladstone and Parnell are pitted
against the field But the indications now
are that that the people are behind them.
The prohibitiOn>ts Of Champaign county
put themselves on record by denoumcirg
Francis Murphy because he is the apostle of
Moral Sua>ion. Ii occurs TO Us that if these
gentlemen array themselves against Moral
Sua>ion and Local Option they will md
that they will thin out their own ranks
rather than make any acre>sioIr> from other
parties.
Matters are somewhat mixed. in Great
Britain. Just now While the Scutch-Iri>h
of Belfast and Londonderry. in LELAND.
aTp supporting Chamberlain and Hartimg-
ton there l. a strong Scotch-lriSh combina-
ton behind Gladstone in Scotland. John
Bright will soon take part in the canvass.
Surely a battle Of giants i in progress in
England.
The following from the Cincinnati Times
STIR. will be read with interest here:
Colonel James E Stewart. formerly Of Gin
- H.nH. -
support Of the Clark county delegation t. the
republican state convention for clerk Of the
supreme court The many friends of Colonel
Stewart are actively promoting his interests.
We infer that few of these ''many
friends" are in Hamilton county, and We
hope that they will find their way into lts
delegation to Columbus
We are glad to sec the Cincinnati Times
star asserting. A. il does in it, Saturday
evenings issue. that Iii is highly probable
that Prof. Nemable will be honored this fall
with the republican nomination for state
commissioner Of public schools, position
which his long experience would enable
him to ill with ability. All his life has
been devoted 10 educational work. and he
j., given heart and soul 10 it," The people
would vote with a vim for Nenable.
our old friend. Gen. Stewart l.. Wood
ford. of New York. who has a number of
acquaintance here. made a point in a com
mrncememt address al an agricultural school
in Connecticut last week. He said that
among about POO agricultural colleges es- .
tabliShed in the world during this genera
tinn. he had YET 10 hear of one that bestowed
any attention upon the condition and hard
ships of the farmers wife; and yet stats
tiriIns showed that aside from brains (
ruined by stimulants and narcotics, the
largest percentage Of insanity was found
among that class Of people.