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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
been spared the spectacle of fraud tri-
umphant in the chair of the American
Executiye.-N. Y. Sun.
JOHN KELLY.
A Curious Letter that He Wrote In 1882
just Before His Speech In Lowville.

A Curious Letter that He Wrote In 1882
just Before His Speech in Lowville.
When our townsmau, Mr.. George j.
Mayer, was resident of Lowville and
treasurer of the Lewis County Agri-
cultural Society in 1882, he secured
promise from the late Hon. John Kelly
and Hon. Thomas F. Grady to speak
at the annual fair of the society. Short
ly before the date fixed for the fair he
wrote to Mr.. Kelly for few facts in
his history and Mr.. Grady's for publ,
cation in the Lowville papers. In re-
ply he received the following letter,
marked confidential" and which he
still has in his possession. Mr.. Kelly's
death having removed the injunction OF
secrecy, Mr.. Mayer has consented to
let us publish the letter:
TConfidentiaLl
GRAND UNION HOTEL, SARATOGA
August Is, 1857.
My DEAR SIR: Yours of the 18th is q,
myself will leave here or New York on the
18th prOx. for LOwyile, arriving the same
evening, barring accidents.
Hon. Thomas F. Grady was born in New
York, served four years in the State Assem-
bly,, and is at present in the Senate He is OF
Irish parentage. l consider him one of the
ablest young men of his age in public life
AS a speaker he is very superior in argument
and style to most of his colleagues in the
Senate. He is about twenty-nine years oil
age. height FIVE feet seven inches, square
shouldered, and weighs one hundred and SOW
enty pounds. He has q thorough command
Of his temper His analysis Of difficult sub
jectS is natural.
John, Kelly 10 sixty years Of age, and va.
born in New York, Of Irish parents. He
! served two years in the Board Of Aldermen
four years In Congress, six years as sheriff Of
the County of New York, and four years 4:
CITY comptroller. He is five feet nine incbe.
and half in height and weighs two hundred
and thirty-six pounds.
l have given you Grady's history and my
own, and you will probably laugh at the de
scriptiOn. but as you requested me in YOU
| letter to state our pedgrees, might add tina,
we are clinker built aud coppered and fast
| encd, sound in wind. and we'll up on our pc
| desrrian joints. Grady is good for \ long
| race, and is we'll broken to double and single
harness and trots well under the saddle
stands without tying, and is not afraid o
locomotives or other vehicles of doubtful
! structure.
have passed the meridian; too old for
| speedy gallop and fair for long race; no
easily scared and very docle under tryin,
and difficult circumstances. When the drive
il tyrannical, usually take the bit and kicl
clear of traces. Usually halt when there ar
pears to be willingness to give and admiEis
ter fair treatment but will lead by halter onl
for short distance. Will drive with q cur
bit long enough to breathe stentoriously
| Yours truly JOHN KELLY.
To G. ]. MAGER, Esq, Treasurer and Secre
tary. lat
cortland en- ~ Standard.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
Etching Letters on Steel Tools.

To etch your name on steel tools, pro-
coed as follows: Clean thoroughly Of
grease, and then spread q thin coat Of
beeswax, or paraffine on it at the place
where the name is to be. This must be
as thin as possible. Then, with sharp
needle point, write through the wax to
the steel. Paint this over with mix
ture of nitric and muriatic acid, in the
proportion of six to one respectively,
and, when bubbles cease to rise, the
work is done. Wash in strong soda
water.-Age Of Steel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

A FELLOW by the name of w. A. lines
writes a letter to the Bohemian Chronicle, of
Jan. 20, in which he says that the Indianapo-
lis Journal denounced as false and slanderous
the charges made against Judge Pollard, the
man appointed to succeed General Coburn as
Associate Justice of Montana. Mr.. lines
writes lie. The Journal never did anything
of the kind. So far as we know the charges
are well authenticated. They are Vouched
for by entirely reputable men, and some Of
them seem to be backed up by unimpeachable
court records. The Journal said that if the
half of the charges could be substantiated,
Pollard was not only unfit to be judge,
but was unfit to practice law before any re-
spectacle court in any decent community.
Judge Pollard has gone to Washington to
meet the charges made against him. In the
name of an honorable profession it may well
be hoped that he can refute them; but it is
not true that the Journal has, in any wise, re-
lieved him from their burden, because we
have no information on the subject
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26
INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. TUESDAY, JANUARY &C. 1886
are svindling institutions which adopt various

are swindling institutions which adopt various
plans for securing money from women with
out adequate return. The letters received by
the union from all parts of the country show
the methods of the rascals, and how wide the
field in which they find their victims Firms
of this sort exist in every large city, but Bos-
ton seems to be favorite location for them.
With all their fraudulent methods, however,
they manage to keep within limit of the
law which prevents direct prosecution. The
union can do nothing more than to warn
women against sending their money to these
establishments for samples" materials,
ETC., but in doing this they accomplish good
work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

IT is almost enough to make one despair of
self government to see such proceedings as
are now rife in Columbus going on in an in
telligent State like Ohio. The report we'll
says that what occurred there yesterday is
generally considered disgraceful by men of
all parties. There can be no question of that.
Surely there must be decency and good sense
enough among majority of the leaders, both
Republican and Democratic, to bring the
unseemly wrangle to creditable end, and
that promptly. It is to the last degree in
famous that the Democrats will unite to a
man in the effort to protect in their usurped
seats four men, whose title rests upon
bare, bold-faced fraud and forgery; but if they
will, we see no other course
for the Republicans to pursue than
to act with dignity, as well as
courage, and not contribute in any degree to
the illegal and revolutionary character of the
proceedings. Let the Democrats, who are
seeking to benefit by notorious and confessed
crime, enjoy monopoly of that sort of
conduct
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
General Logan's Objections to Secret Meet
ines of the Senate to Transact Business

incs of the Senate to Transact Business
Interview in New York Herald
II cannot say what happened in executive ses-
sion. But this can say, that l have always
been, and hope always shall be, opposed I'M
equivocally to the consideration of the peoples
business in secret session. In republic where
the perpetuity OF its institutions depends upon
the intelligent and loyal support of all its citi-
zens it is not right to close the doors OF the Sem
are chamber and deliberate in secret. In my
judgment, executive sessions are an abomination
in the eyes of the people, and ought not to have
"Do you think, Senator, there is any hope for
the consideration of executive business with
open doorsp
II was going to say" replied the General.
"that the views OF Mr. Sumner did not make me
a convert to his way of thinking. My hatred of
the system in vogue existed before he ever spoke
results. or course, | am only expressing nv
own convictions, and am sorry to say there are
only few senators who think as do For that
rerson do not SEQ any prospect for resembling
the rules which require all executive business to
be considered in secret sessions, and further
puts the seal Of secrecy on what is said and done
at such sessions. Probably if a motion was
made to amend the rules it would receive some
votes from Republican senators-not many but
more than / should think would come from the
Democratic senators"
You do not see, then, any chance even for
debate in public on the question of considering
nominations in open session.
mo, not even debate; for that. too, would be
held to relate to the privacy Of the Senate and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

as the majority would oppose any attempt at Ia
novation the probability even OF hearing the
matter discussed is about as remote as an
amendment would be to the rules abolishing ex-
ecutive sessions"
Perhaps the public may soon have the pleas
ure OF having some constitutional question dis
cussed relating to the alleged difference OK
opinion about the tenure-of-o1ice act and the
power of remoyal7
II do not know how such debate can como
about IN open session unless upon some resoiu-
ton offered in open session. The nearest step
to that is the resolution of MIR Morrill, in regard
to payments to unconirmed collectors of inter-
nal revenue Possibly the answer of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury may give rise to discus
sion about what constitutes . vacancy But any
other discussion would take place in secret seq
sion.n
IF the President should refuse to give the
Senate certain papers called for by resolution,
would that let the public into the galleriesl"
'The only instance can imagine when such
an issue would arise would be where committee
of the Senate had been denied certain papers
called for and should appeal to the Senate for its
Judgment as to what should be done to obtain
them. If the papers related to removals sus-
pensions that would be executive business and
would De so treated in its confederation by the
Senate, as the rules now require"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

To the Editor of the Commercial Gazette:
SUCH OF the kilograms. reports, etc. given by
General Boynton in your paper of yesterday as
relate to the correspondence between Generals
Haleck and Grant in the interval between GEN
erai Earlys appearance in the Shenandoah valley
and his appearance before Washington, GER
tainly news to me. They also tend TO relieve
General Halleck from that part of my opinion
which makes him guilty of reasonable sup
preston of information in his dealings with
President Lincoln and General Grant inducing
the latter to resort to initiative measures in de-
tense of the city so sngularly out of keeping
with his character. These circumstances added
to the gravity of the charge against General
Halleck. make it my duty to go TO Washington
for persona! inspection of all documents there
to be found pertinent to the subject; and viii
do SO as soon as my present engagements
permit In the meantime, I respectfully re-
quest suspension of judgment in the matter.
LEW WALLACE
CRAwfoRpsvILLE, Jan. %, 1886.
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THEY HAVE COME TO STAY.
A Few "Reminiscences, Coupled with Good
Advice for the Future.
Chicago Tribune.


Advice for the Future
Chicago Tribune.
I'VE are in the house of our fathers remark
cd Mr.. Wise, of Virginia '.and we have come tn
stay" You are right, Colonel-you have come
to stay There was time when yon thought
dlffere1tly-you believed the time had come for
you to 60. But the maternal slipper and the
paternal palm have taught you that stay you
must. Your Uncle Samuel also wrestled with
you nightly. and prevailed. You were gone
short time. You ate with the hogs, aud put up
with the husks that they refused, you prodieaii
You spent your substance in riotous living. You
were terrible looking old tramp, Mr. Wise.
when you returned to the house of your fathers
DIsinfectants were used on your person, Mr.
Wise, and snphur-bag was hung round YOUR
neck: you were washed and made clean and
your lean stomach was filed up. You will never
forget that lesson, Mr.. Wise; forget that the old
mans arm is as vigorous as ever, and his natural
strength has not abated He is as reso-
Lutte as he was the day that he took Won
across his knee The old mans wrath ia deadly
when once aroused You have come TO stay,
Your father insists that You shall stay He knows
that you are not naturally capable of going out
into the wide world and wrestling for a living.
He is glad to hear that you have made up your
mind to stay. 1t gives an impression that You
have more sense than he gave you credit for and
shows that the school of experimentation is the
only one in which such as you will take lessons
has done you some good. But YOU mustn't in
fate yourself with the idea that you are better
than the children who staid at home and attend.
ed to their business. You are no match for tina
the big strong boys who hunted you I'D when
you ran away. Tarry at Jericho, Mr. Wise until
your beard grows. You can never be the heir
apparent but, if you behave yourself, you can
share in the division of an estate unequaled for
richness. Don't hunger after rich puddines and
exquisite dishes. Humble pie is the best for your
constitution; and, if you don't like it, conceal the
fact. Don't allow the old man to see you ,nakinp
wry faces over it. The old woodshea where he
interviewed you is still standing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

The Board of Aldermen very sensibly de-
clined to concur with the Councils PROPOSE
ton to turn Tennessee street into race-course
and very insensibly declined to recede from its
indefensible action respecting members who
should appear in their seats drunk. The
Board insists that it is essential to have rule
on that subject, evidently expecting num-
Der of members to disgrace themselves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

MAYOR DENNY fined saloon-keeper, yes
terday, for violating the law by selling liquor
on Sunday, and added to the fine thirty days
Imprisonment in the work-house. That's the
way to do the business. The liquor-sellel
who violates the liquor law does so purposely
and defantly. In every case the extreme
limit Of the penalty should be inflicted upon
him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

are, in personal appearance. youthful pair and
Of small stature. Mr. La Toilette has large
head. pale complexion. heavy auburn hair, and
brown eyes. Mrs. La Toilette would be taken
anywhere for pretty girl, rosy and blonde,
whose dimples and smiles suggest happy
lighthearted character, but as little of the WON
on lawyer as it is possible to imagine. She is
now attending law lectures at Washington.
A DULL THUD
Slip. slop, splash,
In mixture of snow and mud;
And the swell who tries TO cut das-
Sits down with thickening thud.
New York Morning Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

JUST at time when prohibition of whisky is
gaining ground in Georgia and South Carolina
the newspapers of those States are encouraging
boom in tobacco culture. The tobacco raisers
will do we'll to make their cigars and fne-cut
while the sun shines and the fates are propi-
tious. Just as soon as the women of the coun-
try get the whisky question disposed of, they
mean to turn their attention to tobacco and de-
stroy it, root and branch. Miss Cleveland will
lead the crusade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

A FEATURE of the annual dinner of the New
York Sorosis Club last week was the attaching
of names of well-known members of the society
to dishes on the menu. as 'consomme la Gro
ly," ''cotelettes a la Van Horn" etc. glance
over the bill-of-fare shows red-headed ducks as
one of the delicacies, but the originator of the
personal feature valued his life too highly to
make them la anybody. All the women at the
banquet were little ducks. of course; but no one
would willingly be heralded as red-headed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

SENATOR SHERMAN suggests that AZ mem
bers of the Legislature be chosen from single
districts. That is, in the case of Cincinnati,
for instance, instead of the entire city voting
for ten representatives and four senators, he
would have it divided into ten representative
and four senatorial districts. This would re-
move the incentive of being able to steal
fourteen seats by cheating in one or two pre-
cincts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

ILL sing of 6ne young gentleman of elegance and
fame
He's known at the States prison. Barney Conroy is
his name
He's going to handle mall bags
Oh! he's sure to win the day;
He's Democratic worker,
And all the FOUNDERS say:
There goes the man for this administration,
There goes the man who can take his part;
He's slugger. heller, he can fill most any stations
Oh! Barney Conroy. you're the pride of our heart
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

THE Women's Educational and Industrial
Union. of Boston, has undertaken to investi-
gate without expense to the applicant those ad-
vertisements which offer women "work at
home" with the promise that the labor will be
lucrative. Many of the firms SO advertising
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

WITH no wish to apologize for the awful
crime committed by Calvin Simpson, near
Henderson, KY, in numbering Mrs. Graves,
we cannot refrain from declaring his speedy
lynching murder, nothing less. Superficial
~, the evidence indicates that the fellow was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

Mr.. CLEVELAND informs Southern editor
that he wants to make trip through the
South as soon as he gets leisure. AS soon as
the Democratic congressman find this out,
they will rise as one man and tell Mr. Cleve.
land that, so far as they are concerned, he may
as well 60 now and stay all summer and that
he "never will be missed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

insane. There was no apparent motive for
the crime and his every act reported was that
of a mailman. Hanging him without chance
to determine his mental responsibility was
murder, and it is quite safe to say that the
leading lynchers were murderers by instinct.
This is true in nine cases out of ten, and the
probabilities are that it was in this instance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

Mr.. CnEELMAN is regular benevolent So
60 to him for employment and he gets it, and
no questions asked. Your Democratic work
err knows his friends by instinct.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

FRANCIS MURPHY, the celebrated temper
ance apostle, concludes that it is about time
for temperance people to put some burdens
upon the liquor traffic. A sensible conclusion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

The Postmaster-general can find nothing in
Mr. Dowlmgs boast of having acted as a
briber worse than indiscretion. 1t is just the
kind of ''indiscretion" that would be blazoned
to the world if Republican were guilty of it.
Great is Reform, and Cleveland is its prophet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

The four contesting Democratic senators
before the Ohio Legislature profess to desire
thorough investigation of the alleged cleo
ton frauds at Cincinnati, but want to vote on
them! The accused will please be seated in
the jury-box and assist in making up the
vnrdict
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

THERE is good reason why Pension Commits
sioner Black should 'tstand by his guns in
such awful silence. If they are loaded, as he
claims, he had better fire them off now and
give the country and himself rest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

CONGRESSMAN BYNUM does not want to
bear the cross alone. Conroy's appointment
was recommended by the leading Democrats
of the city and State. 1t was, in short, a
representative Democratic appointment, and
Mn. Bynum properly and justly objects to
shculdering all the blame. And, by the way,
mr. Conroy's appointment will be revoked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

1T is easier to awaken popular interest in the
erection of Y. NJ. G. A. building than in a
proposed monument for deceased politician
to put their money where it will do the most
oond
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

mourning Stranger: Yes, there are some
Democrats in Indianapolis who have not been
in the House of Refuge or the penitentiary;
these persons, however, do not stand any
chance of getting into the postal service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

Mr.. Villas will probably regard Mr.. Barney
Conroy's services in the penitentiary and 9TH
er prisons as the result Of 'indiscretions :"
Hes good enough reformer to supplant a
Union veteran
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

THE United States Citizens Law and Order
League will meet in convention in Cincinnati
in February. 1t is not known that any dele
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

THE Philadelphia carpet-weavers are on q
strike-on the warp path, in fact This joke is a
little ancient. but being good three ply ingram,
we have concluded to turn it and make it do an
other season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

discipline in my home. and If say go. she goes.
This remark is quoted as showing that A.R
Beecher is not henpecked. but experienced OBJ
servers know that it is Away the henpccked
man who talks SO bravely when away from
bouno
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

A NAN has been arrested at Kokomo and
taken to Illinois on charge Of grand larceny.
sWhy not compromise the charge by appoint
Eng him to the railway mail service at Indian
nnolis2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

SENATOR MORGAN, of Alabama, very strong
1y and pertinently opposes the unconstitu-
tional and dangerous proposition of Senator
count of a disputed electoral vote for Pres-
dent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

MRS MAUD MILLER-MAcKAYE-McC oRMrcK,
the cratic daughter of the still more erratic
poet. is now living in little upstairs back
room, which serves as salon, boudoir and
cuisinier. She is writing story. Alas! She's
been telling good many, too.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

1T is reported that Mr.. Julian Hawthorne and
his brother-in-law. George Parsons Lathrop, are
about to start weekly paper, devoted entirely
to song and story. If the story department. is to
be filed with Mr. Hawthorne's heavy fiction. the
postage bills will swamp the paper after one is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

THE daughters of the president of Princeton
College walk twenty miles TO do their shopping:
They'll compel the old gentleman to move to
town vet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

Rev. Mr. PETERSEN, of St Paul. is said to be
the owner of some rare old volumes. belonging
to that period when books were so valuable that
they were chained down to prevent their being
stolen. Perhaps Mr.. Petersen is making col
lection of old city directories.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

Mr. TALMAGE preached on the advisability
of marriage on Sunday. and ''Rev." Sam. Jones
on Escape for Your Lifer Now, which shall it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

THIS is reform administration. If you
don't believe it, ask MIR. Bynum and Barney
Conroy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26

HENRY WARD BEEcHER told his congregation
recently that he would send his wife to a certain
society meeting Ia the church, adding, there is